Warrior Chief of the Shawnee Nation

• Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812
• Famed Shawnee chief
• Shawnee war leader, 1812-13
• Shawnee chief at the Battle of Tippecanoe
• Gen. Sherman's middle name
• William ___ Sherman

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: ...

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."