Shepoconah is described as a large, heavy set man and a great warrior until his hearing became affected. His headquarters were at the Osage village, near the mouth of the Mississinewa river, until he retired from the chieftainship, when he went farther up the river and built a log house, where a settlement grew up that became known as "the Deaf Man's village." He died in the early '30s and was buried on a knoll a few hundred yards from his dwelling. Graham, in his History of Miami County, says that Shepoconah participated in the battle of Fort Wayne, August 20, 1794; the battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811, and the battle of the Mississinewa, December 18, 1812. In the last named engagement he was one of the leaders of the Indian forces against Colonel Campbell. (History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account, by Arthur Lawrence Bodurtha, v.1, p.33).