'''Tecumseh''' (1768 - 1813) was a Shawnee leader who tried to create an Amerindian confederacy to prevent any further territorial loss of land to American settlers. He became an ally of the [[British]] in the [[War of 1812]] against the Americans and died in battle in 1813.
== Sources ==
The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.