From the October 5, 2015, Chatham (Canada) Daily News "Monument pays tribute to war chief who died October 3, 1813, at Battle of the Thames" by David Gough.
It was unveiled October 5 at Walpole Island on Veterans monument. It has been planned for 80 years.
Tecumseh was a war chief, orator and statesman and didn't like the United States because of what that country was doing to Indian lands. Today, his monument faces the United States across the St. Clair River.
His remains became available in the 1930s and Walpole Island veterans raised funds to construct a cairn for them. Those remains were placed in it in 1940.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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