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 chief in the War of 1812
• Shawnee chief at the Battle of Tippecanoe
• Shawnee war leader, 1812-13
• Legendary Shawnee leader
• Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812

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."

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 6098 Housing Units (2000): 2565 Land area (2000): 15.039392 sq. miles (38.951844 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.235087 sq. miles (0.608872 sq. km) Total area (2000): 15.274479 sq. miles (39.560716 sq. km) FIPS code: 72650 Located within: ...

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 ...