Tecumseh's bones

by St-Denis, Guy

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Title Statements

Full title :Tecumseh's bones / Guy St-Denis.

Summary

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 more. (Midwest).

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Mcgill-Queen's University Press
Place of Publication:Montreal
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 286 pages, [22] pages de planches : : illustrations, cartes, portraits ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0773528431, 9780773528437
oclc:ocn154118241
LC Classification:E99.S35
Dewey Decimal:971.03/4/092

Subjects

AMERINDIEN BATAILLE Bataille de Moraviantown, Ont., 1813 Ontario Tecumseh Tecumseh,, chef shawnee THAMES Thames River (Ont.), Battle of, 1813 Thames, Battle of the, Ont., 1813 Vdobibl