death_date tribe successor birth_place native_name birth_date known_for article_title name
c. 1810 shawnee tecumseh -lrb- present day ross county , ohio -rrb- . weyapiersenwah c. 1743 defense military leadership in the northwest indian war . fought in of dunmore 's war , american revolutionary war -lrb- allied with shawnee the british -rrb- , battle of the wabash and battle lands of fallen timbers ; signed the treaty of greenville , in treaty of fort industry the ohio country ; blue jacket
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blue jacket or weyapiersenwah -lrb- `` circa '' 1743 -- 1810 -rrb- was a war chief of the shawnee people , known for his militant defense of shawnee lands in the ohio country .
perhaps the pre-eminent american indian leader in the northwest indian war , in which a pantribal confederacy fought several battles with the nascent united states , he was an important predecessor of the famous shawnee leader tecumseh .
