Obituriaries

__**Obituary **__ Written by: Martie Swinhoe ==__Tecumseh :__ March 1768 - October 5, 1813 He died shortly after the Battle of Thames. He was a Native American leader of the Shawnee tribe, who opposed the States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. He grew up in the Ohio county during​ the American Revolution amd was exposed to warfare. Throughout his time as the tribe leader he had numerous affairs with the States. During Tecumseh's War he had the confrontation and the Battle of Tippecanoe. During the War of 1812 there was the Detriot frontier problem and the Battle of Thames, in which he was killed. He died at the age of 44. Lastly, he is remembered as a hero by many Canadians for his defense of the country.==

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==Written by: Kelsey Ewart__ Sacagawea: __ c. 1788- December 20, 1812 == ==A woman born into the Agaidika tribe at the Lemhi River valley. When she was 12 she and a couple of her friends were kidnapped by a group of Hidatsa. At the age of 13 she was taken as a wife by a Quebecer tracker, Toussaint Charbonneau, living in her village. She helped lead the Lewis and Clark expedition west across America while she was pregnant. After the expedition she settled back with the Hidatsa until she was invited by William Clark to stay in St. Louis, Missouri. She was very important to the Americans because she helped Louis and Clark through the expedition, helping the westward expansion. ==