How did the death of Tecumseh affect the war in the West?
1 Answer
The death of Tecumseh effectively ended the organized resistance to the western advance of the American Settlers.
Explanation:
Tecumseh had lead raids against American settlers in the 1780's. He had fought in the battle of fallen timbers in 1794 which was a massive Indian defeat.
Tecumseh preached that the only way to stop the American settlers from taking all of the Indian land in the Ohio Valley was to unite all of the tribes in a confederacy. Tecumseh was successful in creating a confederacy that threatened the American advance into Indian tribal lands.
His brother and the confederacy was defeated in a battle at Prophet's town in 1811 while Tecumseh was in the south gathering support from the southern tribes, like the Creeks.
Tecumseh organized the tribal forces to fight with British during the war of 1812. His death in 1813 at the battle of Thames ended the organized resistance to the American settlement of the Ohio Valley. By 1843 the last tribal group surrendered their lands in the Ohio Valley.
