Tecumseh’s Inspirational Lifetime
The inspirational person I chose, was a native american named Tecumseh or also known as Panther Springing across the Sky . According to Encyclopedia.com, “Tecumseh was born in 1768 and his parents were Methoatske who was a Creek and his father, Puckenshinewa who was a Shawnee.The parents of Tecumseh were from different tribes, Who met when the two tribes met in 1750 when the Shawnee tribe looked for shelter with the Creeks.In 1760 , the couple to Ohio and Tecumseh was the fifth child born to the couple.”
One of the major obstacle in Tecumseh’s life was when his parents left him or could no longer be with him. His parental figure, Puckenshinewa, died in a confrontation between the Creeks and American people …show more content…
It was the War of 1812 at the Battle of Thames ,in October 8th 1813 that Tecumseh was killed(Edmunds).After the battle of many Native American bodies were mutilated by white men. Whoever, Tecumseh’s body could not be identified.According to Encyclopedia.com,” It is believed that Coln.Richard M Johnson of the Kentucky militia was believed to have been the one who killed the great Shawnee leader”. Fun fact ,that as his campaign for congress in the 1830s, Johnson used the slogan,”rumpey, dumpey, rumpey dumpey, Johnson killed Tecumseh(Edmunds)”. Pretty messed up if you ask me. However, it is debated, but a plethora of people say, that they have killed Tecumseh in the Battle of Thames. Ad interim,it is after some deliberation, there could be a possibility that the Shawnee Tribe maintained some more warriors in the battlefield the night after the fight and recovered his body before it was mutilated. According to Encyclopedia.com, the Shawnee tribe buried Tecumseh in a secret location. Afterall , they did the same for his
The inspirational person I chose, was a native american named Tecumseh or also known as Panther Springing across the Sky . According to Encyclopedia.com, “Tecumseh was born in 1768 and his parents were Methoatske who was a Creek and his father, Puckenshinewa who was a Shawnee.The parents of Tecumseh were from different tribes, Who met when the two tribes met in 1750 when the Shawnee tribe looked for shelter with the Creeks.In 1760 , the couple to Ohio and Tecumseh was the fifth child born to the couple.”
One of the major obstacle in Tecumseh’s life was when his parents left him or could no longer be with him. His parental figure, Puckenshinewa, died in a confrontation between the Creeks and American people …show more content…
It was the War of 1812 at the Battle of Thames ,in October 8th 1813 that Tecumseh was killed(Edmunds).After the battle of many Native American bodies were mutilated by white men. Whoever, Tecumseh’s body could not be identified.According to Encyclopedia.com,” It is believed that Coln.Richard M Johnson of the Kentucky militia was believed to have been the one who killed the great Shawnee leader”. Fun fact ,that as his campaign for congress in the 1830s, Johnson used the slogan,”rumpey, dumpey, rumpey dumpey, Johnson killed Tecumseh(Edmunds)”. Pretty messed up if you ask me. However, it is debated, but a plethora of people say, that they have killed Tecumseh in the Battle of Thames. Ad interim,it is after some deliberation, there could be a possibility that the Shawnee Tribe maintained some more warriors in the battlefield the night after the fight and recovered his body before it was mutilated. According to Encyclopedia.com, the Shawnee tribe buried Tecumseh in a secret location. Afterall , they did the same for his