1813

Death of Tecumseh and continued destruction of Native settlements

Great Lakes and Ohio country

Tecumseh’s death in the Battle of the Thames weakened the confederacy resisting U.S. expansion. Regional campaigns also targeted food supplies and civilians, producing displacement and hunger.

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Context / qualification

Battlefield death and violence against civilians are distinct categories.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 5

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