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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Tecumseh
Britannica 11thTECUMSEH, TECUMTHE, or TECUMTHA1 (c. 1768-1813), American Shawnee chief, was probably born in the old Shawnee village of Piqua, near the site of Springfield, Ohio, between 1768 and 1780. While still a youth he took part in attacks on settlers passing down the ...
Vol. 26, pp. 499-499
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Britannica 11th... nry Harrison had defeated in 1811 the north-western league of Indians formed by Tecumseh (q.v.). Between the solidly settled Atlantic states and the Canadian frontier was a wide stretch of unsettled or thinly settled country, which was itself a formidable obst ...
Vol. 27, pp. 612-735
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