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“Peace-pipe tomahawk is made of iron and curly maple with two silver bands and two silver oval inscription plates engraved with "Tecumshe 1807" on one end and initials "TW" on the other. Given to Thomas Worthington by Chief Tecumseh when he visited…

Depiction of the death of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames, 5 October, 1813.

“This belt medal, four inches in diameter, is made of coin silver bearing the Royal Mint mark, deeply moulded at the edges and the surface hand engraved. Obverse – Arms of Great Britain. Reverse – Plain, with two loops for fastening to the belt or…

“This wooden bow would have originally been strung with an animal (sinew, gut or twisted rawhide) or plant fibre bowstring. The bow is elaborately incised with a mix of traditional Aboriginal and European-influenced motifs. A Thunderbird, crane and…

“History of the ‘Tecumseh Brass compass,’ as given by an Indian woman, named ‘Winnipegoosquaw,’ a member of the Shawnee Tribe of Indians who resided in Western Canada on the River St. Clair. Chief Tecumseh joined forces with General Sir Isaac Brock…

“Said to have been given to Tecumseh (Shawnee, 1768-1813) by the British circa 1812, and carried during the Battle of the Thames in 1812 by Sawa Benashe (probably Yellow Hawk/Othaawaapeelethee, Shawnee, ca. 1728-ca. 1820), and handed down in Yellow…

“This tomahawk was presented to Chief Tecumseh by order of General Sir Isaac Brock, on the Detroit River at Fort Malden or Amherstberg in Western Canada, on the occasion of Tecumseh and his warriors concluding to join forces with the British…

This is the dinner table where Tecumseh supposedly ate his last meal.

“Made of cherry; piece of wood moves out to support leaves; four square legs are slightly tapered. From the estate of June Weir who was born in Chatham in 1891; for a number of…

“Tomahawk pipe made of iron and wood is decorated with a pattern of diamonds and lines. The pipe, which dates from around 1795, was presented by Shawnee leader Tecumseh to settler James Galloway Sr.”

“David Ross McCord acquired this Iroquois headdress in the belief that it had been worn by the famous Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, born in 1768 and killed in 1813 at the Battle of Moraviantown. This rare headdress comprises a complete deer-head skin with…