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Tecumseh

Shawnee leader · c. 1768-1813

Built a confederacy to hold the Ohio country and took Detroit with Brock before dying in Upper Canada.

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Life story

1. c. 1768 · Ohio
   Born in the Ohio country
2. 1808 · Indiana Territory
   Founded Prophetstown with his brother Tenskwatawa as a confederacy base
3. August 16, 1812 · Michigan Territory
   Took Detroit with Isaac Brock by bluffing a much larger American force
4. October 5, 1813 · Moraviantown, Ontario
   Killed at Moraviantown on the Thames covering the British retreat

In the timeline

• 1812 — Queenston Heights

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Tecumseh
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia