Sat 5 Oct 2013
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Sat 5 Oct 2013
Tecumseh’s Ghost
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Thanks to The Walrus Magazine who have reprinted this article in ebook format. For more info on format see their FAQ.
200 years ago today, in what is now called Moraviantown, Ontario, the great Shawnee warrior, Tecumseh was killed defending Canada against invading American troops during the War of 1812. After waging a fearsome battle with the encroaching American militia for over five years, Tecumseh had struck terror in the hearts of American settlers, soldiers and commanders alike. His alliance with the British General, Isaac Brock, and their victory at Detroit, decisively shifted the early momentum in the War to Canada’s favour. No longer could the Americans boast that victory would be (as Thomas Jefferson promised then President James Madison) “a mere matter of marching.†Indeed, it can be said that it was Tecumseh – as much as any other single individual – who saved Canada in the War of 1812.
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