Native American Chief Tecumseh

Albert Sidney Johnson was a Troop Commander in this battle. Johnston was born in Kentucky and obtained his education at West Point. He graduated in 1826. Johnston's first taste of active service came in 1832 during the Black Hawk Indian War. He resigned his commission afterwards only to return to active duty in 1836. He fought against the United States Indians on the River Neches and served in the Mexican War with Major General Zachary Taylor. Taylor made Johnston a paymaster during Taylor's presidency. He continued his rise in the ranks by becoming a colonel in the 2nd Calvary, a brevet brigadier general commanding the Utah military district and in 1861 the commander of the Pacific Coast.

William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8th, 1820. He served in battles like the battle of Bull Run, and the battle of Shiloh. He was also in the Vicksburg Campaign, the Jackson Expedition, the Chattanooga expedition, the Meridian Campaign, the Atlanta campaign, and the Savannah Campaign. He was also known as a great businessman, lawyer, college superintendent,

Tecumseh’s father was very important in his life because his father was killed at the Battle of Port Pleasant during the French and Indian War which sparked his mom, Methoataske, leaving her children. Not only depressed from  her husband's death, but frightened by the impending American Revolution, she left her children with Tecumseh’s elder married sister,Tecumpease, and elder brother Chicksika. They moved to the Sha*-wnee tribe, where Chicksika had taught Tecumseh to be a hunter and warrior. When Chicksika was killed in an unsuccessful attack in Tennessee Tecumseh continued raiding white settlements till he finally returned home in 1790.

Tecumseh’s biggest concerns were that his people would not live according to the Prophet which was casting off all elements of the Euro-American society. He believed that his people would turn to alcohol, firearms, and trade goods set out by English ways, which was what the Prophet said, would be detrimental to their ways. No matter what, Tecumseh was going to make sure the Indian way of life would continue forever. He led a revolution of young men who thought the leadership structure needed to be looked over again in order to survive. They fought to make sure The Indians East of the Mississippi to keep control over their home land. Tecumseh tried to visit neighboring tribes to form an alliance to protect the lands held by the Natives. He was successful in the way the Southern tribes would accept the alliance, but unsuccessful with others when some refused to join the reliance, such as the Iroquois tribe.

When the War of 1812 began on June 18, the Shawnee decided to side and fight with the British in Canada (West). After Tecumseh preachings spread across the nation, the number of Shawnee followers increased dramatically, and Tecumseh’s support changed the balance of power during the war. His first goal was to stop the Europeans and get them to stay out of the lives of Native Americans permanently. Tecumseh believed this would only be possible if they formed an alliance with Great Britain. With the thought that the United States would only spread further west in the future, Tecumseh formed an alliance with Sir Isaac Brock, the general commanding the British Army during the war. They were both brave, aggressive and savvy, and became friends instantly. Tecumseh believed that the British would allow the Shawnee and other indian tribes to keep the land they had roamed for centuries, while the Americans would not allow them to have land or power. The death of Tecumseh in the War of 1812 was a major turning point in the United States and the War of 1812. While in Procter, Canada, Tecumseh and his Indian warriors were preparing for battle alongside the British forces. The battle took place in a marshy setting, the Americans were led by General William Henry Harrison. Tecumseh was shot through the heart and died on the battlefield at Thames. Before the start of the war, Tecumseh and the Shawnee dreamed of a Pan-Indian confederation that spread across the lands of North

Tecumseh died on October 5, 1813 at the Battle of Thames. He was killed at the age of 45. He was a political leader and war chief for the Shawnee Indians. He fought in the War of 1812 to stop westward expansion of white settlers into native lands. He was born in Old Piqua, Ohio in 1768. His father, Puckeshinwa, died at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. His mother, Methoataske, migrated to Missouri with other Shawnees. Tecumseh was raised by his older sister, Tecumpease. He raided frontier settlements with his older brother, Chiksika. He raided more settlements up to the Treaty of Greenville, in 1795. By 1800 he was a prominent war chief among the natives. Later one of his brothers, Tenskwatawa, became a religious leader among the Shawnee

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SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-91). Ranked second only to General Ulysses S. Grant as the greatest Northern commander in the American Civil War, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was a master of modern warfare. Like Grant, Sherman was born in Ohio when it was a frontier state. He was named Tecumseh for the Shawnee Indian chief who had terrorized that region a few years earlier.

Thomas Macdonough- The American Naval Officer on September 11, 1814 who made the invading British army near Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh retreat (Battle of Plattsburg), thus saving upper New York from British hands in the War of 1812.

On October 5, 1813, a man was defeated. His name was Tecumseh. He was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal Confederacy. He had also become an ally of Britain during the War of 1812. He had at least 4 siblings, their names were Tenskwatawa, Cheeseekau, Tecumpease, and Chiksika. He was born in March of 1768, on the Scioto River, in Ohio. He died in Chatham-Kent, Canada, on October 5, 1813. His mom was Methotaske, and his dad was Puckshinwa. Puckshinwa died in battle just like his son, and Methotaske accompanied the other Shawnee's who traveled to

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