Tecumseh's BonesMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2005 - 286 páginas Chief Tecumseh's death at the Battle of the Thames marked a turning point in the Anglo-American War of 1812. It was also the beginning of a mystery: the mutilation of Native corpses thwarted American attempts to identify Tecumseh's remains, giving rise to the belief that his body had been secretly recovered by his warriors. Tecumseh's Bones teases fact from fiction in the myths and legends surrounding the great chief's burial. Part detective story, part historical inquiry, this book explores the countless attempts to locate the chief's grave and raise a monument in his honour. The first substantial book on the subject based primarily on Canadian material and packed with vivid descriptions of regional life in the nineteenth century, Tecumseh's Bones examines changing attitudes towards Natives, sheds light on their relations with early Euro-Canadian settlers, and highlights the role of women in shaping the folklore traditions associated with the Shawnee chief. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, most of which has never been published, Tecumseh's Bones will fascinate history buffs, historians, and mystery lovers. |
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
A Patriotic Fiasco | 22 |
Racists and Revisionists | 38 |
Confusing the Issue | 56 |
Beyond the Exhumation | 70 |
Charlatans By and Large | 86 |
SEVEN | 101 |
A Monument or Two | 115 |
Conclusion | 138 |
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Términos y frases comunes
American Amherstburg April August Battle battlefield Border Cities Star British Brock Brock's Monument Camden Township Carty Central Registry Files Chatham Daily chief claim Concerning Tecumseh's Grave Correspondence Concerning Tecumseh's Coutts Daily Planet Dickson Dinsdale February Fisher Globe Gowman Grand General Indian Greenwood to Leonhardt Gurd Papers Gurd's Historic Sites Holmes honour ibid Indian Affairs January John Joseph Johnson July June Kent County Laird Lambton County London Evening Free London Free Press Matthew Fisher monu monument to Tecumseh Monuments Board Moravian Moraviantown Nahdee Native Northern Affairs October Ontario Historical Society Oshahwahnoo Parks Canada Procter Red Series Richardson Sarnia Canadian Observer Scott secret burial seh's September 1876 Shawnee Sites and Monuments skeleton St Anne's Island Sugden Tecum Tecumseh Memorial File Tecumseh Monument Tecumseh was buried Tecumseh's bones Tecumseh's burial Tecumseh's death Tecumseh's Last Stand Thamesville Timothy Snake Toronto United Canadians Upper Canada veterans Wallaceburg Walpole Island warriors Wilson Zone Township
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