Tecumseh the Prophet and the Shawnee Leader A Nation’s Strife
Richly detailed portrait of Tecumseh from birth through his rise as a Shawnee diplomat and warrior. The piece outlines his early life, battles with White settlers, the Prophet movement, and his pivotal role in the 1812-13 wars, ending with his death at the Battle of the Thames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Spillane
Teecumsapesse
Tecoumseh
Ohio
Tecumseh
Piqua
Jasco Boone
Simon Kenton
George I Gere Clark
Kentucky
Ohio River
Kaniwa
France
England
Europe
New World
United States
Fort Wayne
South
Serantonioesse
Cranening
Tippecanoe
Indiana
Vincennes
Hunn
Harrison
America
Washington
River Raisin
Proctor
Harrison Meigs
Fort Meigs
Perry
Lake Erie
Detroit River
Thames
Zentee
Joseph Bran Ywas
Joseph Bran Ywas , Defeated, Res Ye Taubee Had A. Con Fon
American novelist Rita Humphreys on New York style women
English author Mrs Desmond Humphreys known as Rita, in a York dispatch from Kansas City, discusses New York women and fashion. She praises bright colors and impractical stroll wear, critiques wasteful dining portions, and notes perceived American morality and sensational views on marriage and suffrage.
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Desmond Humphreys
Rita
Fifth Avenue
Vienna
Paris
London
New York
America
Lot Strange for an Englishman
A Philadelphia Times mini notepad piece recalls lawyer Albert Strange hosting an English guest who puns on a tombstone joke. The Englishman laughs at the tale of “Here lies an honest lawyer” and calls American wit brilliant. The English guest teases the lawyer, while the punchline leaves the room amused and puzzled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Albert Strange
Joye
Words Lost in Tit-Bite Neighborhood Dispute
A mother confronts Mrs Green over her Irish terrier biting a child. She threatens legal action and sues for damages while Mrs Green, subdued, asks for the incident to be written down. The elderly neighbor apologizes meekly and pleads for documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Green
Legend of Cat-Foot and the Rattlesnake War Chief
A tribal tale from the Schaghtingoke reserve recounts Cat-Foot, the war chief, shooting at Fox Heart, Abandominine chief, only to miss and kill a rattlesnake. The snake curses him in Abandominine, and the tribe continues the annual mountain rattlesnake hunt as a rite linked to ancestral enmity with the Abandominines, transformed into serpents by the Manitou.
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Harrison
Cotter
Tecumseh
Harrison Hiad
United State
Tte
Detroit
Therng George
Mages
Commonwealth of Connecticut
Skagemoat
Cat-Foot
Oldes
Fox Heart
Schaghtingoke
Alequiver
Cat- Foot
Schaghtigokee Reservation
East
What Is Love Sweet Past Jas Love
A fragmentary excerpt from Alfred Noyes stories and poems where a child questions happiness and a distant chorus voices Love and God. The text blends whimsical imagery with an implied moral about fulfillment and prosperity.
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Tecumech
Frederick the Great
Ben Logan
Logan
Harmer
Gt. Clair
Wayne
Ohio Country
Anthony” Wayne
Grand Glaize
Fallen Timbers
I Henry Run
Hiele
Blue Jacket
Greenville
Erland
Dechouset
Northwestern
Rivers
Indiana Territory
William Henry Harrison
Laulewasikaw
Ts Thrias
Hy A Ae
Epir
Batttefeld
Evan
Ang
Jesus Christ
Aan” York Dispatch
Kansas City
Burning Angels
Amy
Hong Cuteen
Drake
Alfred Noyes
Littl Rollo
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