Senin, 07 Agustus 2017

Tecumseh’s Last Stand

Once, America’s great Indian nations had a fighting chance. The Shawnee warrior who stood before the Choctaw and Chickasaw leaders in eastern Mississippi in August 1811 was just under 6 feet tall, broad chested and well-muscled. He was handsome, “one of the finest looking men I ever saw,” according to a white admirer, with a …

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