1813: Tecumseh’s vision of unity dies; U.S. invades northwest tribal lands

While the British colonel Henry Proctor and his troops, including some American Indians, retreat into Ontario, Canada, the Shawnee Chief, Tecumseh, stands and fights to his death at the Battle of the Thames (or Battle of Moravian Town). Tecumseh’s Indian confederacy collapses. Americans move into the Old Northwest, ultimately demanding the forced removal of the Wyandot (Huron), Lenape (Delaware), Wea, Miami, Peoria, Shawnee, and nearly all tribes north of the Ohio, outside of Michigan.

Theme

Federal-Tribal Relations, Land and Water

Region

Northeast