Tecumseh

Examples of Tecumseh in the following topics:

• The Rise of the West

  • East of the Mississippi River, an intertribal army led by Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, fought a number of engagements in the Northwest during the period 1811–12.
  • Tecumseh's group allied with the British forces in the War of 1812 and was instrumental in the conquest of Detroit.
  • Tecumseh's death in the War of 1812 dissolved the tribal coalition he led.
  • This lithograph depicts the Battle of the Thames and the death of the Native American leader Tecumseh
  • Tecumseh led a Native American coalition that attempted to stop westward expansion of the United States.

• Madison's American Indian Policy

  • East of the Mississippi River in the Indiana Territory, an intertribal confederacy led by Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, fought a number of engagements in the Northwest during the period of 1811 to 1812.
  • These conflicts became known as Tecumseh's War.
  • In the latter stages, Tecumseh's group allied with the British forces in the War of 1812 and was instrumental in the conquest of Detroit.
  • However, Tecumseh's War continued into the War of 1812 and is frequently considered a part of that larger struggle.
  • The war lasted until the fall of 1813, when Tecumseh died fighting Harrison's Army of the Northwest at the Battle of the Thames (near present-day Chatham, Ontario) and his confederacy disintegrated.

• The Indian Response

  • In the Old Northwest, Tecumseh, chief of the Shawnees, organized the largest pan-Indian alliance to date.
  • Before the Creek Civil War, in February, 1813, Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnees, came to the Southeast to encourage the Creek to join his movement to throw the whites out of Native American territories.
  • After the Revolutionary War, Tecumseh had united tribes in the Northwest (Ohio and related territories) to fight against U.S. settlers.
  • Many of the Upper Creek were influenced by the prophecies of Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa, which echoed those of their own spiritual leaders.
  • Federal forces, however, were busy fighting the British and the Northern Woodland tribes, who were being led by Tecumseh.

• Indian Resistance and Survival

  • East of the Mississippi River, an intertribal army led by Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, fought a number of engagements in the Northwest during the period 1811–12, known as Tecumseh's War.
  • In the latter stages, Tecumseh's group allied with the British forces in the War of 1812 and was instrumental in the conquest of Detroit.

• The War in the South

  • Before the Creek Civil War, in February of 1813, Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnees, came to the Southeast to encourage the Creek to join his movement to throw the European-Americans out of American Indian territories.
  • After the Revolutionary War, Tecumseh had united tribes in the Northwest (including Ohio and related territories) to fight against U.S. settlers.
  • Many of the Upper Creek were influenced by the prophecies of Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa, which, echoing those of their own spiritual leaders, predicted the extermination of the European Americans.
  • In the months that followed, warriors of Tecumseh's party began to attack the property of their enemies, burning plantations and destroying livestock.

• Sherman's March

  • Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and Lieutenant General Ulysses S.
  • Sherman's "March to the Sea" is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted around Georgia from November 15, 1864, to December 21, 1864, by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army.

• The Confederacy's Defeat

  • William Tecumseh Sherman in command of most of the western armies.

• The War in the North

  • He moved rapidly to Amherstburg with reinforcements, and, along with Shawnee leader Tecumseh, immediately attacked Detroit.
  • Tecumseh was counted among the dead, and American Indian resistance began to ebb as his confederacy disintegrated.

• The British Strategy

  • By August, Hull and his troops, numbering 2,500 with the addition of 500 Canadians, retreated to Detroit, where they surrendered to a force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Native Americans led by British Major General Isaac Brock and Shawnee leader Tecumseh.

• The Treaty of Ghent

  • After the disintegration of the American Indian confederacy under Tecumseh, the British proposal to create an American Indian buffer zone in Ohio and Michigan collapsed.