Shawnee chief at the Battle of Tippecanoe

• Famed Shawnee chief
• Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812
• A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
• Warrior Chief of the Shawnee Nation
• Shawnee war leader, 1812-13

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 8574 Housing Units (2000): 3651 Land area (2000): 5.167075 sq. miles (13.382662 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.233230 sq. miles (0.604064 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.400305 sq. miles (13.986726 sq. km) FIPS code: 79120 Located within: ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Native American leader (1768-1813), his name is Shawnee (Algonquian), perhaps literally "flies across;" compare Menominee /takhamehse:w/ "flies straight across."

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tecumseh (March 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy (known as Tecumseh's Confederacy ) which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812 ...