Daylia, Tecumseh was a briliant and courageous man. He did NOT approve of torture -- which was actually a cultural imperative a many of the Eastern nations vis-a-vis captive warriors.

Nor is the story of Logan and what happened at Yellow River in Ohio is doubt. Logan blamed Michael Cresap for it, but investigation showed he was wrong, that Greathouse and a band of drunken cronies were responible. The massacre by Greathouse, et al., sparked Lord Dunmore's War in the Ohio Lands -- Logan's venegance (and yes, Logan eventually was sated and died nearly forgotten).

Greathouse and his wife were taken in 1791; Tecumseh would have been about 23 at the time. Tradition has it that Tecumseh was leading the band which captured the Greathouses, and states that Tecumseh neither condoned nor condemned the slaying of the captives. This was taken by the others as permission and the Greathouses were tortured to death in a "dishonorable" manner in retaliation for the earlier killing of Logan's family.

This is not legend, but well-researched history taken from contemporary sources and interviews with participants from both the Indian and White sides.

(Tecumseh was also present for St. Clair's Defeat on the Ohio-Indiana border, the single costliest defeat for the US Army in history -- something like 25% of the active army was slain there.)