Blue Jacket | |
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Born | Sepettekenathe (Big Rabbit) c. 1743 Shawnee Flats, Province of Pennsylvania (near present Plymouth) |
Died | c. 1808 (aged about 65) near present Trenton, Michigan |
Nationality | Shawnee |
Other names | Waweyapiersenwaw (Whirlpool) |
Known for | Commander in the Northwest Indian War, signing the Treaty of Greenville, early supporter of Tecumseh |
Relatives | Red Pole (half-brother) Charles Bluejacket (grandson) |
Blue Jacket (c. 1743 – c. 1808), was a Shawnee war chief known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country.
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