Tecumseh

Tecumseh
Chief of Tecumseh's Confederacy
In office 1808 – October 5, 1813
Preceded by	Tenskwatawa
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chief of the Shawnee
In office 1789 – October 5, 1813
Personal details
Born	c. March 1768 Likely in Old Chillicothe, Ohio Country, British Empire[1][2][3]
Died	October 5, 1813(1813-10-05) (aged 45) Moravian of the Thames, Upper Canada, British Empire
Resting place	Unknown[note 1]
Nationality	Shawnee
Parents	Puckshinwa, Methoataske
Military service
Allegiance	Western Confederacy Tecumseh's Confederacy
Years of service	1783–1813
Rank	Commander-in-chief (de-facto)
Battles/wars	Northwest Indian War Tecumseh's War War of 1812 †

Tecumseh (/tɪˈkʌmsə, tɪˈkʌmsi/ ti-KUM-sə, ti-KUM-see; March 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy (known as Tecumseh's Confederacy) which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812. He is also the earliest known ruler of the Shawnee Tribe.

1. ↑ William Fischer Jr. "Birthplace of Tecumseh". www.hmdb.org. Historical Marker Database.
2. ↑ "Tecumseh Birthplace Marker". theclio.com. Clio. Retrieved 2019-01-18. Tecumseh was born in what is now western Ohio ... Although there is some debate about the exact location of Tecumseh's birthplace, he was likely born near present-day Xenia in Greene County, Ohio ... as this was one of the areas where his band of Shawnee camped at the time of his birth... Some historians claim that he was born in Chillicothe, while others assert that Tecumseh was actually born along the way to Chillicothe.
3. ↑ King, Alan (2000). "Tecumseh: Xenia Township's Most Famous Native". www.shopxenia.com. Retrieved 2019-01-18. Tecumseh was born in 1768 near a spring "three arrow flights" southeast of the principal town of the Chalahgawtha sept of the Shawnee. This was just one of five towns that would take the name of the sept, all called Chillicothe. We know it as Oldtown now, but the original settlers called it Old Chillicothe. The spring appears to be located very close to Tecumseh Elementary School on Old Springfield Pike, perhaps on the grounds of the Ohio Division of Wildlife District 5 Headquarters and fish hatchery.
4. ↑ J. Laxar (2012). Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812. House of Anansi Press. pp. 301–302. ISBN 9780887842610.