a great american

just finished sugden's biography of tecumseh (1768-1813), and a somber tale it was --- not unlike those of red cloud, crazy horse, sitting bull, quana parker, and geronimo that i have read over the last few months --- tecumseh was a hero to canadians since his leadership is credited with decisive victories during the war of 1812 that helped ensure that ontario would be a canadian province and not an american state --- he was one of several great, and truly tragic, native american leaders who tried, in vain, to bridge the gulf between tribes and cultures to fight the relentless expansion of the euro-americans  ---