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Chief ____ ( Fought for Canada in the war of 1812)
Answer for the clue "Chief ____ ( Fought for Canada in the war of 1812) ", 8 letters:
tecumseh
Alternative clues for the word tecumseh
- Shawnee war chief
- Shawnee chief at the Battle of Tippecanoe
- Shawnee chief in the War of 1812
- A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
- Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812
Word definitions for tecumseh in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tecumseh is a 1972 East German western film directed by Hans Kratzert and starring Gojko Mitic , Annekathrin Bürger and Rolf Römer . The film depicts the life of the Native American leader Tecumseh (1768-1813), including his role in Tecumseh's War and his ...
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): 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: ...
Usage examples of tecumseh.
It had been offered the day before by General William Tecumseh Sherman to Barboncita, Manuelito, Ganado Mucho, and other clan leaders.