During the War of 1812, Tecumseh and his followers joined the British to fight the United States. He was killed in the Battle of the Thames in Canada on October 5, 1813.

What led to Tecumseh death?

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.

Who defeated Tecumseh?

Shawnee chief Tecumseh is defeated. During the War of 1812, a combined British and Native American force is defeated by General William Harrison's American army at the Battle of the Thames in Ontario, Canada.