War Experience

Warriors inspired by Tenskwatawa and led by Tecumseh played a key role in defending Canada during the first years of the war.

Warriors inspired by Tenskwatawa and led by Tecumseh played a key role in defending Canada during the first years of the war.

Fort Mackinac

Michilimackinack, on Lake Huron

Print by Richard Dillon, 1813
Library and Archives Canada, R9266-1465

Spiked War Club

Spiked War Club

CMC 1975-076-007-III-X-331

The battle of the Thames marked the effective end of Tenskwatawa’s coalition as a military and political force.

The Battle of the Thames

Col. Johnsons mounted men charging a party of British artillerists and Indians, at the battle fought near Moravian Town October 2nd 1813

Engraving by Ralf Rawdon
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection,
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Oshawana

Chief Oshawana, around 1858

Library and Archives Canada, C-008543

Muscogee (Creek) warriors known as Red Sticks fought their own war against the United States in 1813–1814.

Victory and Defeat

Fort Mims and Horseshoe Bend

CWM

Hillis Hadjo

Self-portrait

Watercolour by Hillis Hadjo (Josiah Francis), 1815
British Museum, London, United Kingdom