Blue Jacket

Blue Jacket
Blue Jacket
Weyapiersenwah
Shawnee leader
Succeeded by	Tecumseh
Personal details
Born	c. 1738; (present day Ross County, Ohio).
Died	c. 1810
Relations	Red Pole, Charles Blue Jacket
Known for	Defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country
Military service
Battles/wars	Lord Dunmore's War; American Revolutionary War; Northwest Indian War Harmar campaign; St. Clair's defeat; Battle of Fallen Timbers; ;

Blue Jacket, or Weyapiersenwah (c. 1743 – 1810), was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country. Perhaps the preeminent 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.

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