Tecumseh / Shawnee Prophet's Town

Tecumseh / Shawnee Prophet's Town (HMJ2F)

Location: Greenville, OH 45331 Darke County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 5.935', W 84° 38.803'

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Side A: Tecumseh
One of the most influential Native Americans of the 19th century, Tecumseh was born in 1768 in the Pickaway settlements on the Mad River and raised by older siblings at Old Town. A prominent Shawnee war leader who vigorously opposed American expansion, he fought at the Battle of Fallen Timbers but refused to attend the subsequent signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville in 1795. Angered by purchases of Native American land in Indiana by the United States, Tecumseh promoted a pan-Indian confederacy to resist the encroachment of white settlers, traveling thousands of miles throughout the western and southern frontiers in an effort to gain supporters for the alliance. Tecumseh sided with the British during the War of 1812 and was killed at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813. His death ended hopes for a united Indian coalition.

Side B: Shawnee Prophet's Town
Tecumseh and his younger brother Tenskwatawa (Open Door or the Shawnee Prophet) established a village here in 1805 as a mission for Native American unity. Upon receiving a vision from the Great Spirit or Master of Life, Tenskwatawa vowed to renounce alcohol and preached to return to traditional Indian practices, native foods, implements, dress, and ceremonies of their ancestors. Tensions grew as settlers feared the growing contingent living south of the Greene Ville Treaty line. Pressured by William Henry Harrison, the Prophet moved his followers to the Indiana Prophetstown in 1808, which was destroyed in the ill-fated Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. During the Shawnee removal west in 1826, the Prophet asked the U. S. Army for permission to spend a few days here to honor their ancestors. The Prophet died in November 1836 and is buried somewhere under modern Kansas City.
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HM NumberHMJ2F
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number6-19
Year Placed2003
Placed ByOhio Bicentennial Commission, Treaty of Greene Ville Bicentennial Commission, and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 9:53pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 700595 N 4441390
Decimal Degrees40.09891667, -84.64671667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 5.935', W 84° 38.803'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 5' 56.10" N, 84° 38' 48.18" W
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Area Code(s)937
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 411 Unnamed Road, Greenville OH 45331, US
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