"During the War of 1812, Tecumseh and his supporters gathered thousands of Indians to the British cause in the West. To assist their allies, the British agreed to supply food, clothing and weapons, including over 25,000 guns. This North West gun was…
A colored version of Benson Lossing's portrait of Tecumseh. No fully authenticated of Tecumseh exists; Lossing had not met the Native Indian leader and assumed that he was a British general. Based on a pencil sketch by Pierre le Dru, Lossing replaced…