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7 unusual facts about Tecumseh


Duchouquet Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

This structure was a meeting place for the most prominent Native American leaders in the region, such as Blue Jacket, Chief Logan, Little Turtle, and Tecumseh.

George S. Evans

Born in August 8, 1826 in Tecumseh, Michigan, George S. Evans came to California in 1849 from Texas, where he had served in the Texas Rangers during the Mexican-American War.

Henry Brush

When Brush and his company of Ohio volunteers were near the River Raisin, he sent word to General Hull that he should be reinforced and protected by an escort, as it was understood that some British soldiers and a confederate band of Shawnee Indians, all under command of Tecumseh, had crossed the Detroit river with the intention of intercepting the provision train under Captain Brush.

Meyers Aircraft Company

The Meyers Aircraft Company was a US aircraft manufacturer established by Al Meyers in Tecumseh, Michigan in 1936.

Samuel South

Years after the war, Richard Mentor Johnson called on South to verify his claim that he (Johnson) had killed the Shawnee chief Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames.

Tecumseh, Michigan

The settlers, consisting of fifteen men, eleven women, and six children, all came from Jefferson County, New York.

Truth and Bright Water

The first person narrator, a 15-year-old Native American (Blackfoot) youth, Tecumseh (named after the famous Shawnee leader), watches a strange woman jump off the cliff into the river that marks the border.


Battle of the Thames

Whitley, of Crab Orchard, Kentucky, volunteered for the raid on Tecumseh's camp, and was killed during the attack.

Brave Warrior

The story is based around events of the War of 1812 and the Battle of Tippecanoe, but contains historical inaccuracies, mainly in that Tecumseh sided with the British and not the Americans.

Confederation

One of the most well-known is the Iroquois Confederacy, but there were many others during different eras and locations across North America; these include the Wabanaki Confederacy, Western Confederacy, Powhatan Confederacy, Seven Nations of Canada, Pontiac's Confederacy, Illinois Confederation, Tecumseh's Confederacy, Great Sioux Nation, Blackfoot Confederacy, Iron Confederacy

Fort Recovery

It had only gone about a quarter mile when it was attacked by a Native American force, commanded by Blue Jacket and including a young Tecumseh.

General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument

General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument is an equestrian statue of American Civil War Major General William Tecumseh Sherman located in Sherman Plaza, which is part of President's Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

Henry C. Nields

Assigned to Metacomet, he earned Admiral David G. Farragut's praise for his part in the rescue of survivors from Tecumseh after that monitor had gone down, mined within 600 yards of Confederate guns during the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Maidstone, Ontario

The Windsor Star wrote a story in summer 2006, projecting the community's population to soar to over 2000 within the next 10 years (at the time, it was around 580) due to the explosive growth in Tecumseh.

Nose piercing

Septum piercing was a popular trend among South Indian dancers (Kuchipudi, Bharatnatyam) and among certain Native American peoples in history; the Shawnee leaders Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, for example, had such piercings.

Shingabawossin

During the War of 1812, he was enlisted by the British to fight against the Americans and went to York to join Tecumseh's War.

Tecumseh Fox

In Double for Death, he explains that his full name is William Tecumseh Sherman Fox, so he was supposedly named for the American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.

YMCA Camp Tecumseh

Jack Fisher, an 11-year-old from Battle Ground, Indiana submitted "Camp Tecumseh," a name closely associated with the local history, which includes the Battle of Tippecanoe.

YMCA Camp Tecumseh Outdoor Center is located in Indiana near the towns of Brookston, Indiana and Delphi, Indiana on the Tippecanoe River.


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