1768?-1813; chief of the Shawnee Indians: attempted to unite the W Indian tribes
See Tecumseh in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tĭ-kŭmˈsə) or Te·cum·tha(-thə) 1768-1813.
Shawnee leader who attempted to establish a confederacy to unify Native Americans against white encroachment. He sided with the British in the War of 1812 and was killed in the Battle of the Thames.