Today in History - October 5, 1813 - Tecumseh Defeated
During the War of 1812, a combined British and Indian force is defeated by General William Harrison's American army at the Battle of the Thames near Ontario, Canada. The leader of the Indian forces was Tecumseh, the Shawnee chief who organized intertribal resistance to the encroachment of white settlers on Indian lands. He was killed in the fighting.
Read more at: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tecumseh-defeated
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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