Tecumseh

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Tecumseh

• During the 1800s government policy forced Native
  Americans to leave their homes and move west to
  live on reservations. Some followed this policy
  while other Native Americans, like Tecumseh,
  resisted these changes in various ways. Tecumseh
  and his brother led a rebellion during the War of
  1812 that represented the willingness to fight
  the settlers. What other factors make Tecumseh
  an influential American?

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During the 1800s, Native Americans experienced
major changes in their ways of life. Government
policy forced Native Americans to leave their
homes and often sent them west to live on
reservations. Those who did not leave were either
put in prison or forced to adapt to
European-American culture. Native Americans
resisted these changes in a number of ways. While
some took the government to court to debate
whether or not the changes were legal, others
took more drastic measures to stand up for their
rights. One leader of the Native Americans was
Tecumseh. A member of the Shawneeh tribe,
Tecumseh defended the Native Americans right to
land by organizing various tribes in the Ohio
Valley and Indiana territories against the U.S.
government. With the help of his brother, a
prophet named Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh led a series
of attacks against the United States during the
War of 1812. Though his rebellion was defeated,
Tecumsehs War represented the willingness and
desire of Native Americans from different tribes
to come together to defend their land, rights and
way of life.
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Smoking pipes was an important part of Native
American culture. Often, at important meetings,
leaders would pass pipes like this one around to
one another as a symbol of unity. Unknown.
(n.d.). Ceremonial pipe, attributed to
Tecumseh. Library of Congress American
Memory, The First American West The Ohio River
Valley, 1750-1820.
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This drawing dramatizes the death of Tecumseh.
Currier, N. (1847). Death of Tecumseh. Battle
of the Thomas, Oct. 5th, 1813. Library of
Congress Prints Photographs, Pictorial
Americana Selected Images from the Collections
of the Library of Congress.
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Tecumseh made an alliance with the British during
the War of 1812 similar to the one Joseph Brant
made during the Revolutionary War. Shown here is
a battle between a local militia and the British,
with whom Tecumseh had sided. Emmons, W.
(1833). Battle of the Thames and the death of
Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounted volunteers led
by Colonel Richard M. Johnson, 5th Oct.
1813. Library of Congress Prints
Photographs, Popular Graphic Arts.
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As Tecumseh and his men led attacks on the
western frontier during the war, the British
launched a series of battles along the Atlantic
coast. They burned the city of Washington , DC,
in August 1814, an event ridiculed in this
cartoon. Unknown. (1814). The fall of
Washington - or Maddy in full flight. . Library
of Congress Prints Photographs.