DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW Tecumseh?
As an author, I am required to do a great deal of research. This research resulted in some very interesting facts, which I will be sharing with you.
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Did you know that Tecumseh was a valued ally of the British in the War of 1812? He was an intelligent and widely respected war chief of the Shawnee Indians in the early 1800s.
Once, after a combined force of British regulars defeated and captured many Americans, he showed great character. Their combined effort to capture Fort Meigs (near Perrysburg, Ohio) failed, but an American relief force was destroyed and 500 prisoners taken.
With the British just standing by and not interfering, the Indians got carried away and began killing the prisoners. But when Tecumseh appeared, he immediately stopped the slaughter.
Prior to this battle, he traveled hundreds of miles in an attempt to assemble a confederation of tribes to resist white settlement into the center of the North American continent, in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
While Tecumseh was ultimately unsuccessful, his principled stand made him a respected figure in both the Indian and white cultures.
Dead Eye Will
As an author, I am required to do a great deal of research. This research resulted in some very interesting facts, which I will be sharing with you.
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Did you know that Tecumseh was a valued ally of the British in the War of 1812? He was an intelligent and widely respected war chief of the Shawnee Indians in the early 1800s.
Once, after a combined force of British regulars defeated and captured many Americans, he showed great character. Their combined effort to capture Fort Meigs (near Perrysburg, Ohio) failed, but an American relief force was destroyed and 500 prisoners taken.
With the British just standing by and not interfering, the Indians got carried away and began killing the prisoners. But when Tecumseh appeared, he immediately stopped the slaughter.
Prior to this battle, he traveled hundreds of miles in an attempt to assemble a confederation of tribes to resist white settlement into the center of the North American continent, in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
While Tecumseh was ultimately unsuccessful, his principled stand made him a respected figure in both the Indian and white cultures.
Dead Eye Will
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