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Tecumseh   /təkˈəmsə/   Listen
Tecumseh

noun
1.
A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).  Synonym: Tecumtha.



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... General Howe and his American army to the British and their Indian allies under Tecumseh, and other stirring events of the War of 1812 form the historical background of Miss Crowley's latest romance. The reader's interest is at once centered in the heroine, Laurente Macintosh, a pretty and coquettish Scotch girl. The many incidents which occur in the vicinity of Detroit ...
— The Dominant Strain • Anna Chapin Ray


Words linked to "Tecumseh" :   Shawnee


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