Tecumseh (March 1768 – October 5, 1813), also known asTecumtha or Tekamthi, was a leader of the Shawnee, anAlgonquian-speaking Native American people. He was born along the Scioto River in Ohio, at a time when the Shawnee were attempting to defend their territory against white expansion and reunite in the Ohio Valley, from which they had been displaced in the 17th century.
Postwar claims of the United States to land north of the Ohio River prevented a peaceful settlement with the Shawnee. In 1786 the Kentucky militia destroyed several Shawnee villages, including Tecumseh's. The tribe moved to the Maumee River, where they coordinated intertribal resistance to the white settlement of the Northwest. It was during these forays that Tecumseh, under the leadership of his oldest brother, Cheeseekau, earned a reputation as a brave and energetic warrior.
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