| 单词 | tecumseh | |||||||||||||
| 释义 | TecumsehTe·cum·sehT0080000 (tĭ-kŭm′sə) or Te·cum·tha (-thə) 1768-1813.Tecumseh(tɪˈkʌmsə)Te•cum•seh(tɪˈkʌm sə)also Te•cum•tha(-θə)n.
Tecumseh
Tecumseh(tĭkŭm`sē), 1768?–1813, chief of the ShawneeShawneeor Shawano , Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Their earliest known home was in the present state of Ohio. In the mid-17th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. , b. probably in Clark co., Ohio. Among his people he became distinguished for his prowess in battle, but he opposed the practice of torturing prisoners. When the United States refused to recognize his principle that all Native American land was the common possession of all the Native Americans and that land could not rightly be ceded by, or purchased from, an individual tribe, Tecumseh set out to bind together the Native Americans of the Old Northwest, the South, and the eastern Mississippi valley. His plan failed with the defeat of his brother, the Shawnee ProphetShawnee Prophet, 1775?–1837?, Native North American of the Shawnee tribe; brother of Tecumseh. His Native American name was Tenskwautawa. He announced himself as a prophet bearing a revelation from the Native American master of life. ..... Click the link for more information. , at TippecanoeTippecanoe , river, c.170 mi (270 km) long, rising in the lake district of NE Ind. and flowing SW to the Wabash River, near Lafayette. U.S. Gen. William Henry Harrison fought the Shawnees in the battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811, on the site of Battle Ground, Ind. ..... Click the link for more information. (1811). Though Tippecanoe was, properly speaking, a drawn battle, it marked the collapse of the Native American military movement. In the War of 1812, Tecumseh allied himself with the British and was made a brigadier general. He led a large force of Native Americans in the siege of Fort Meigs, covered Gen. Henry Procter's retreat after the American victory on Lake Erie, and lost his life in the battle of the Thames (see Thames, battle of theThames, battle of the, engagement fought on the Thames River near Chatham, Ont. (Oct. 5, 1813), in the War of 1812. Gen. William H. Harrison led an American force of about 3,000 against a British army of approximately 400 regulars commanded by Gen. Henry A. ..... Click the link for more information. ), in which Gen. William Henry HarrisonHarrison, William Henry, 1773–1841, 9th President of the United States (Mar. 4–Apr. 4, 1841), b. "Berkeley," Charles City co., Va.; son of Benjamin Harrison (1726?–1791) and grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901). ..... Click the link for more information. overwhelmed Procter and his Native American allies. Tecumseh had great ability as an organizer and a leader and is considered one of the outstanding Native Americans in American history. BibliographySee biographies by B. Drake (1841, repr. 1969), J. M. Oskison (1938), G. Tucker (1956, repr. 1973), A. W. Eckert (1992), and J. Sugden (1998); C. F. Klinck, Tecumseh: Fact and Fiction in Early Records (1961); A. W. Eckert, The Frontiersmen (1967). TecumsehBorn circa 1768; died Oct. 5, 1813. Chief of the Shawnee Indian tribe. Tecumseh led the Indian tribes living north of the Ohio River in the struggle against the seizure of their lands by American settlers. He also developed a plan for a confederation of the western and southern Indian tribes. In 1811, in Tecumseh’s absence, an American military expedition defeated his forces. In an attempt to take advantage of the conflict between the United States and Great Britain, Tecumseh entered into an alliance with the English during the Anglo-American War of 1812–14. Tecumseh was killed in action on the Thames River in Canada. REFERENCETucker, G. Tecumseh. Indianapolis–New York, 1956.TecumsehTecumseh
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Tecumseh - a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)