Some Facts About the War of 1812-- Part 2

** Major John Norton had a Cherokee father and Scottish mother and deserted the British Army to live with the Mohawks. He sided with the British at the Battle of Queenston Heights and scared the Americans with his fierceness.

** There were attrocities on both sides. Reportedly, after his death, Tecumseh's body was cut up for souvenirs.

**  The U.S. burned York, the capital of Upper Canada because the British had done the same to Lewiston, Black Rock and Buffalo.

--Brock-Perry