back to: main page. Tecumsehs Brother, the Shawnee Prophet. The famous Indian chief Tecumseh (Te-cum-seh) was born around 1768 in a territory included in the present state of Ohio. His brother and collaborator, the Shawnee prophet, was Law-le-was-i-kaw, otherwise known as Tenskwautawa.he Battle of Tippecanoe and its Aftermath. Fight it out they did. While Tecumseh was away on a diplomatic visit to an Indian tribe in the south, his brother, the Prophet, led an attack on General Harrisons encampment on a hill across a creek from Prophet Town near the Tippecanoe river.
debt/equity ratio noun [C]. âº FINANCE a âmethod of âmeasuring a company's âability to âborrow and âpay back âmoney that is âcalculated by âdividing the âtotal âamount of âlong-term âdebt by the âamount that âshareholders have âinvested.
Leverage ratio indicating the relative proportion of shareholders' equity and debt used to finance a company's assets. A low debt to equity ratio indicates lower risk, because debt holders have less claims on the company's assets. A debt to equity ratio of 5 means that debt holders have a 5 times more claim on assets than equity holders. A high debt to equity ratio usually means that a company has been aggressive in financing growth with debt and often results in volatile earnings.