Tecumseh

Tecumseh (or Tecumtha; 1768-1813), chief of the Shawnees (q.v.), who headed the rising suppressed by Harrison in 1811, and passing into the English service commanded the Indian allies in the war of 1812-13 with the rank of brigadier-general. He was killed fighting bravely at the Thames in Canada. See the monograph by Eggleston (New York, 1878).