As happened before, some of the American prisoners were tortured, mutilated and killed. Tecumseh tried unsuccessfully to halt the butchery. When Proctor proved either unable or unwilling to stop it, Tecumseh supposedly told him, "Begone! You are unfit to command; go on and put on petticoats."
Though the British were numerically superior, the siege was effectively over by May 9, when the Indians began to leave. The Canadian militiamen also left, saying they needed to go home to plant their spring crops.
The British lost about 100 men, compared with 320 Americans killed and wounded and some 600 captured. (This does not include Indians fighting on the American side as their casualties were rarely counted.
--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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