53 The War of 1812 | Part 1 | Tecumseh & John Norton

In this episode we give the background on how the native peoples of the American Continent dealt with the Euro-Americans during the first decade of the 19th Century.  New leaders will rise.  John Norton, a Scottish-Cherokee who became a Mohawk and Tecumseh a Shawnee leader who had a vision to unite all tribes together to save their people from extinction. 

 

Sources:

The Journal of Major John Norton, 1816

The Iroquois in the War of 1812 by Carl Benn The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict by Donald R Hickey

 

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