Tecumseh, the Shawnee chief, foresaw his death. His warriors begged him to stay off the battlefield. He refused, saying that only a coward would refrain from battle because of dying. The next day, October 5, 1813, at the Battle of the Thames in Ontario, he fell as the Shawnee and British battled the Americans. Many believe as do I that he was the greatest leader ever born in the USA. (though I have some Shawnee blood, so far as I know I am not related)
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