Definitions for tecumseh
tɪˈkʌm sə; -θətecum·seh

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1. Tecumseh, Tecumthanoun

   a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)

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1. Tecumsehnoun

   Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada.

2. Tecumsehnoun

   A male given name

   Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain.

3. Tecumsehnoun

   A placename A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. An unincorporated CDP in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States. An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. An unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. A city in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. A city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

4. Etymology: English spelling of the name of a chief. Said to mean "goes through one place to another".

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1. Tecumseh

   Tecumseh (English: tih-KUM-sə, -⁠see; c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even though his efforts to unite Native Americans ended with his death in the War of 1812, he became an iconic folk hero in American, Indigenous, and Canadian popular history. Tecumseh was born in what is now Ohio, at a time when the far-flung Shawnees were reuniting in their Ohio Country homeland. During his childhood, the Shawnees lost territory to the expanding American colonies in a series of border conflicts. Tecumseh's father was killed in battle against American colonists in 1774. Tecumseh was thereafter mentored by his older brother Cheeseekau, a noted war chief who died fighting Americans in 1792. As a young war leader, Tecumseh joined Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket's armed struggle against further American encroachment, which ended in defeat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and with the loss of most of Ohio in the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Tenskwatawa, who came to be known as the Shawnee Prophet, founded a religious movement that called upon Native Americans to reject European influences and return to a more traditional lifestyle. In 1808, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa established Prophetstown, a village in present-day Indiana, that grew into a large, multi-tribal community. Tecumseh traveled constantly, spreading the Prophet's message and eclipsing his brother in prominence. Tecumseh proclaimed that Native Americans owned their lands in common and urged tribes not to cede more territory unless all agreed. His message alarmed American leaders as well as Native leaders who sought accommodation with the United States. In 1811, when Tecumseh was in the South recruiting allies, Americans under William Henry Harrison defeated Tenskwatawa at the Battle of Tippecanoe and destroyed Prophetstown. In the War of 1812, Tecumseh joined his cause with the British, recruited warriors, and helped capture Detroit in August 1812. The following year he led an unsuccessful campaign against the United States in Ohio and Indiana. When U.S. naval forces took control of Lake Erie in 1813, Tecumseh reluctantly retreated with the British into Upper Canada, where American forces engaged them at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813, in which Tecumseh was killed. His death caused his confederacy to collapse. The lands he had fought to defend were eventually ceded to the U.S. government. His legacy as one of the most celebrated Native Americans in history grew in the years after his death, although details of his life have often been obscured by mythology.

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1. tecumseh

   Tecumseh (1768-1813) was a Native American Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribe confederacy in the early 19th century. He was known for his efforts to halt white settlers from encroaching on Native American lands in the Old Northwest Territory (comprising the modern day Midwest) and for advocating for the unity of all Native American nations. He also aligned with the British during the War of 1812 against the United States. He remains a symbol of Native American resistance and unity.

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1. Tecumseh

   Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. Tecumseh has become an iconic folk hero in American, Aboriginal and Canadian history. Tecumseh grew up in the Ohio Country during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War, where he was constantly exposed to warfare. With Americans continuing to encroach on Indian territory after the British ceded the Ohio Valley to the new United States in 1783, the Shawnee moved farther northwest. In 1808, they settled Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. With a vision of establishing an independent Native American nation east of the Mississippi under British protection, Tecumseh worked to recruit additional tribes to the confederacy from the southern United States. During the War of 1812, Tecumseh's confederacy allied with the British in The Canadas, and helped in the capture of Fort Detroit. American forces killed Tecumseh in the Battle of the Thames, in October 1813. His confederation fell apart, the British deserted their Indian allies at the peace conference that ended the War of 1812, the dream of an independent Indian state in the Midwest vanished, and American settlers took possession of all the territory south of the Great Lakes, driving the Indians west or into reservations.

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1. TECUMSEH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tecumseh is ranked #133048 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tecumseh surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tecumseh.
   
   66.9% or 85 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   9.4% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   8.6% or 11 total occurrences were White.
   7.8% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. • Shawnee

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tecumseh in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tecumseh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tecumseh
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tecumseh
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tecumseh
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html