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Tecumseh
Tecumseh is considered one of the outstanding Native Americans in American history. Tecumseh was a great organizer and leader. ...
Tecumseh was born in March 1768, in the village of Piqua on the Mad River in Ohio. ... Puckenshimwa was killed in a surprise attack by frontiersmen, when Tecumseh was young. His mother Methoataske was of the Turtle tribe of the Shawnee nation (“Battle” and “Tecumseh”). ... This is where we will pick up the life of Tecumseh. ... Later, Tecumseh and some of his followers would fight with the British in the battle of 1812 (Bent).
In 1783 at the age of fifteen Tecumseh would partake in his first attack, which was made upon some flatboats in the Ohio River. ... It was this scene, of human destruction and cruelty that caused Tecumseh to make a resolution to show mercy and protectiveness towards all his captives. It is believed he always kept this resolution (“Tecumseh”).
In 1788 Tecumseh feel of his horse during a buffalo hunt and broke his thigh, leaving his left leg disfigured. ... He returned home in 1790 (“Tecumseh”).
From 1790 until the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, Tecumseh participated in many skirmish with the whites, displaying remarkable coolness and good judgment in the command of his men. ... It was here that Tecumseh would fight against his greatest adversary, William Henry Harrison. It is doubtful that either Tecumseh or Harrison foresaw how much their two lives were to be intertwined (“Battle” and Bent). ... Most Native Americans abided by these terms, except Tecumseh who boycotted the negotiations and the signing of the treaty, the American settlers did not. They continued to encroach upon the lands left to the Native Americans (Bent, “Treaty” and “Tecumseh”).
In 1796 Tecumseh married a half Indian girl named Manete and has a son Puchethei, but they soon separated. In the spring of 1797 Tecumseh changed his residence from Urbana and Piqua to the headquarters of White waters rive. ... During this time he was working on his dream, an alliance of Nations both North and South (“Battle”, Bent and “Tecumseh”). ... Tecumseh proposed marriage to Rebecca but her father would not agree unless he gave up his Indians ways. This was something he could not do (“Tecumseh”).
In 1805 Tecumseh and his followers joined some fragments of their tribe near the source of the Auglaize, Ohio. It was during this same year that Tecumseh’s brother, Tenskwatawa, underwent a spiritual awakening and claimed he had supernatural powers. ... Tecumseh would use the combination of his brother spiritual leadership and his political leadership to effectively unit the Native Americans (“Battle” and Bent).
Approximate Word count = 2052
Approximate Pages = 8.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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