See also:

• TECUMSEH, TECUMTHE, or TECUMTHA1 (c. 1768—1813)

TECUMSEH, TECUMTHE, or TECUMTHA1 (c. 1768—1813)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SHAWNEE

Shawnee See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, was probably See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the old Shawnee See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• PIQUA

Piqua, near the site of See also:

• SPRINGFIELD

Springfield, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, between 1768 and 1780 . While still a youth he took See also:

• PART

part in attacks on settlers passing down the Ohio and in widely extended See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting expeditions or predatory forays to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south; and he served in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• WARS

wars preceding the Treaty of See also:

• GREENVILLE

Greenville in 1795 . About 1800 his eloquence and his self-See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control made him a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in conferences between the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians and whites . After 18os the Indians of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-West became aroused by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• TREATIES

treaties calling for new cessions of their territory and by the prospect of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and the See also:

• UNITED

United States . This presented to See also:

• TECUMSEH, TECUMTHE, or TECUMTHA1 (c. 1768—1813)

Tecumseh and to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Tenskwatawa (i.e. the Open See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

Door), popularly called " the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

Prophet," the opportunity to put into operation a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme which followed the ambitious See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream of See also:

• PONTIAC
• PONTIAC (c. 1720-1769)

Pontiac . With some scattered Shawnee clans as a See also:

• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus, the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers proceeded to organize, first near Greenville, Ohio, and later on the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White and Tippecanoe See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers in See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana, " the Prophet's See also:

• TOWN

town," which was based on a sort of See also:

• COMMUNISM

communism and was apparently devoted to See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry and sobriety, but their actual See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was to combine all of the Indians from See also:

• CANADA

Canada to See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida in a great democratic confederacy to resist the encroachment of the whites . Tribal organizations were to be disregarded, but all warriors were to be represented at periodical assemblages where matters of See also:

• INTEREST

interest to all Indians were to be definitely decided . The twofold See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence that was to dominate this See also:

• LEAGUE

league was the eloquence and See also:

• POLITICAL

political ingenuity of Tecumseh and the superstitious reverence aroused by " the Prophet." This See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme alarmed the whites along the north-western border . In the course of the next three years See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison of Indiana held interviews with each of the brothers, and during one of these, at See also:

• VINCENNES

Vincennes in 1810, the respective leaders narrowly avoided a hostile encounter . Nevertheless " the Prophet " and Tecumseh re-iterated their determination to remain at peace with the United States if the Indians were unmolested in their territory, and if all cessions beyond the Ohio were given up by the whites . The treaty of Fort See also:

• WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne in 1809, which called for the cession to the whites of some three million acres of See also:

• LAND

land in central Indiana, was a See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge to this programme, and when, during Tecumseh's See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in the South, Harrison made a hostile move against "the Prophet's" town, the latter ventured to meet him, but was defeated on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1811 in the famous See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Tippecanoe, which See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal influence of " the Prophet " and largely destroyed the confederacy built up by Tecumseh . Tecumseh still professed to be friendly toward the United States, probably because his See also:

• BRITISH

British advisers were not ready to open hostilities, but a series of border outrages indicated that the fatal moment could not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long be postponed .

- When, in See also:

• JUNE

June 1812, war broke out Tecumseh joined the British, was commissioned a brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the British See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and participated in the skirmishes which preceded General William See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull's surrender at See also:

• DETROIT

Detroit . He took an active part in the sieges of Fort Meigs, where he displayed his usual clemency toward his prisoners . After the 1 The name is said to mean " See also:

• METEOR (Gr. µerEwpa, literally " things in the air,” from µera, beyond, and aeip6Lv, to lift up)

meteor," or " flying See also:

• PANTHER

panther." battle of Put-in-See also:

• BAY

Bay, when See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Henry See also:

• PROCTOR
• PROCTOR, ALEXANDER PHIMISTER (1862– )
• PROCTOR, RICHARD ANTHONY (1837-1888)

Proctor began to See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from See also:

• MALDEN

Malden, Tecumseh bitterly reproached him for his cowardice and finally forced him to join battle with Harrison on the See also:

• THAMES

Thames See also:

• RIVER

river on the 5th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1813 . In this battle Tecumseh was killed, as traditionally reported, by Colonel See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard M . See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson- of See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky, although this has never been fully substantiated . Like Pontiac, whom he doubtless imitated consciously, he had a wonderful eloquence and a See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of organization rare among the Indians . His brother, " the Prophet," remained with a small See also:

• BAND

band of Shawnees and died west of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi in 1834 . See See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

Drake, The See also:

• LIFE

Life of Tecumseh and of his Brother the Prophet (See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, 1841); and See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer J See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster, Harrison's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration of Indiana Territory (See also:

• INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis, 1907) .