Tecumseh 3

He was a leader of the Shawnee Indians in Ohio and Indiana. He tried to put together a confederation of various tribes to stop the American advance in the old Northwest. William Henry Harrison destroyed the confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, and Tecumset fled to Canada and joined the British. He was active in the War of 1812. He helped the Brits take Detroit but Perry's victory in the Battle of the Great Lakes in 1813 caused the Brits to abandon Detroit. Tecumseh fell back into Ontario with the retreating Brit forces. Harrison crossed over into Canada in 1813 and heavily defeated the British forces at the Battle of the Thames, 1813. Tecumseh fell in that battle. He is considered a national hero of Canada.