Tecumseh

Born March 1768 in OH

Died 1813

• Shawnee chief known for being a gifted speaker and skilled warrior.

• United various tribes and formed an alliance with Great Britain to fight the U.S. in the War of 1812.

• Also led “Tecumseh’s Rebellion” for control of the Indiana Territory (now the Great Lakes region) but ultimately lost to William Henry Harrison’s U.S. troops.

“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.”