The Story Of Tecumseh [Paperback]

Tecumseh, but in that short period of time the figure of the great Shawanoe chief has become shadowy and unreal. The place and date of his birth are uncertain, his burialplace is unknown. No authentic portrait has come down to us, and the descriptions of his appearance are varied and contradictory. To the Indians he has become ft hero as legendary as Hiawatha. He is remembered by Canadians as the leader of the Indian allies of the Crown in the war of 1812, but few realize the extent of his services to Canada in her hour of need. It is natural that little should be known concerning Tecumseh searly life. He lived with his tribe in the wilderness to the north of the Ohio River, then almost wholly Indian territory, where he conceived his great plan of forming a confederacy of the Indians for the purpose of resisting the encroachment of the white men on the Indian lands. It was part of his policy to remain in the background, preferring that his brother, Tenkswatawa, should appear to be the leader of the movement. I ndeed, as late as 1810, he is described in despatches sent by Colonel Elliott to Major-G eneral Brock as Tecumseb, the brother to the Shawanoe Prophet.
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