1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TECUMSEH, 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 Ohio and in widely extended hunting expeditions or predatory forays to the west and south; and he served in the Indian wars preceding the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. About 1800 his eloquence and his self-control made him a leader in conferences between the I…
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