2. Father was a chief of the Shawnee Indians
(Died fighting Lord Dunmore’s War).
His mother was a part of the Pekowi tribe
(She had to runaway to Missouri abandoning
her two sons in the Ohio Valley)
3. Very intelligent able-bodied young man
He wanted revenge against those that killed
his father
Factory System
Not many Natives left
4. Tecumseh had taken part in the battle of
fallen timbers
Treaty of Fort Wayne
Survival among Tecumseh and his brother
Tenskwatawa
5. Tenskwatawa (try saying that 10 times fast)
was the brother of Tecumseh and a religious
leader of the tribe.
Had to follow in brothers foot steps
Problems with the alcohol
He thought he held special powers
6. Fight for land over the Ohio Valley
United Indians (The United States of Native
Americans)
Goal was to take back land
Created a political system through brother
Battle of Tippecanoe
7. Tecumseh’s best years with General Brock.
Took the offensive against Americans
Looked like the Natives might win until……
Battle of Thames
8. British abandonment
Native American fight will continue for a very
long time
9. Fought for all Native American Rights
Even though he died his fight lasted up until
the 1890’s.
William Tecumseh Sherman was a Union
general in the civil war.
