Tecumseh(1768-1813), a Shawnee born in  Ohio, was known for his 
courage and integrity.  He maintained that land could not be sold by 
or purchased from individual tribes because the land belonged to all 
Indians.  He traveled among the various tribes, trying to convince 
them to refuse the white man's gifts, to work in agriculture, to make 
their own livelihood, and to settle disputes with the settlers 
peaceably.  In an effort to unify the tribes of the Old Northwest and 
to establish an Indian region in the Ohio Valley, he joined the British 
in the War of 1812 against the United States.  He was killed in the 
battle of the Thames, in Canada, in 1813.  Today, Tecumseh is 
remembered as a visionary who sought to unite all Indians against 
the advance of white society.