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[edit] Tecumsah
This page states that William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe, where Tecumseh died. It is my understanding the Tecumseh was not at Tippecanoe during the battle, he was in the South seeking more Indian allies to his confederation. Harrison defeated the British and Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames 2 years later. It was in the second battle that Tecumseh dies.
[edit] Pneumonia
- It was an extremely cold and windy day, 1841 March 4, when Harrison was to take the oath of office. Nevertheless, he faced the weather with no coat on, and delivered the longest inaugural address in American history, at nearly two hours. During this address he caught a cold, which developed into pneumonia.
It's my understanding the pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, which often results from weakened immunity and the state of being bedridden (and supine). Neither it nor the common cold can be caused by exposure to cold weather, longstanding myth notwithstanding. It makes sense to explain how Harrison died and we might also show what the cause of his illness was perceived to be at the time, but we can't state as fact that a cold day killed him, knowing that to be impossible. - toh
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- The text you quoted does not say that the cold weather caused his illness; it simply states that he happened to catch a cold during cold weather. There is no implication of causation. Kurt Weber 16:57, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Cabinet
An op-ed in the Wall Street Journal (11/29/04) quotes Louisiana State University historian John Baker as saying, "Harrison had agreed that executive decisions would be based on a majority vote among members of the cabinet, with the president having one vote." Anyone have a good citation for this? - Walkiped 02:44, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Died in office
Anyone know how many US presidents died in office? --BozMo|talk 15:06, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
- Yep, to date 8 US Presidents died in office: William H.Harrison (1841), Zachary Taylor (1849-50), Abraham Lincoln (1861-65) ,James A.Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1897-1901), Warren G.Harding (1921-23), Franklin D.Roosevelt (1933-45) and John F.Kennedy (1961-63).
[edit] They fed him petoleum jelly in 1841 when it was it was invented 18 years later?
The Article, in paragraph "Short Presidency" says the doctors tried many drugs, including petroleum jelly to cure his bad condition, which must have happened in 1841, in the last month of his life. However, the page on petroleum jelly claims it was invented in 1859, 18 years later. Looks like an inconsitency here.
- Time travel of course! :p--Kross 01:12, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
- No wonder the poor guy died -- they didn't travel far enough into the future to get some antibiotics. D'oh!
Dumb Amerikans,always talk to much
[edit] ???biased article
This article, along with the following articles: War of 1812, Tecumseh, Tippecanoe- are all completely biased and favour the americans. Tecumseh formed a confederacy called the Indian confederacy, which brought together the shawnee peoples a long with many of the indian peoples. Tecumseh formed this confederacy because he was enraged by the way the 'White peoples' were treating the 'Red peoples'. the treaty of fort wayne was a complete scandal, which sold three milion acres of land for a single payment of '7000$' in 'goods'. Americans were 'buying' land off unaware Indians, who believed land should not be owned in the first place. Not only did the americans completely strike a wound in the right arm of Indian cultures, they claimed right to the land. At tippecanoe, Gov. Harrison was invited to listen to Tecumsehs Oration - This is a great speech, and I suggest you get a hold of it if you are interested in this war. Tecumsehs arguement did not appeal to pathos, but simply to logos and ethos. He did not show any rage towards the americans, dispite how absurdly they had behaved. Tecumseh said to Gov. Harrison that the Indian people deserve an independant state. Gov Harrison siad 'no problem' (he didn't really say 'no problem' but he told the Indian peoples that their wish would be fulfilled.) After tecumsehs army moved south to spread their concepts of Indian liberation, leaving Tippecanoe unprotected, Gov Harrison raped and pillaged the city, and killed many women and children. Tecumseh was not there. This was all BEFORE the war of 1812. The americans started the war of 1812 because they wished to fulfill the manifest destiny which stated they 'Americans had the right to all of North America'. proof that the government of america at the time were wimps: They attacked at that time, (1812) because they understood that Britain was disadvantaged due to their feud with napoleon about the continental system (which involved taxation of ocean trade routes and 'confiscation' of british trade ships. Americans also supposedly started the war because of the British press gangs, yet in the political speeches of Felix Grundy, which urged america to go to war, not a word was stated about the press gangs. Felix grundy basicaly goes on about how Canada is full of 'savages' which must be freed from the british influence and taught the ways of the americans etc etc. Reminds you of someone doesn't it? (colonization of africa). Anyways shall I rant on? yes I shall. Gov Harrison savagely obliterated the city of tippecanoe, and hence Tecumsehs army allied with the canadian militia (farmers carrying tridents and such) and the british red coats. I forgot to mention that the treaty of fort wayne was a complete scandal, which sold three milion acres of land for a single payment of '7000$' in 'goods'. I can't go on ranting, but you should all read tecumsehs speech, alogn with the speeches of lord brock, felix grundy, john randolph, brig-general hull, and of course the idiot: Gov Harrison, who completely ignored tecumsehs wonderful speech. (And caused tecumsehs curse)-which you should also look up. (NOT ON THE INTERNET)
[edit] Major vandalism!!!
I am just here to state that we should clean upc this article, as it has been vandalized by some immature little turds who consider editing a wiki as hacking!!! Unfortunately people like this are ruining these fine pages and deleting fine information, as I am relatively inexperienced with using Wikipedia to edit pages, I am asking someone to please revert the info from some of the sections back to their original status. The great kawa 20:45, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Editing Wiki is hacking!!! Dzoni 23:44, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
wadup sam? has appeared on the page. Would somebody mind clearing it up?
[edit] Trivia
With regard to the Tecumseh curse, if President Bush survives his full second term, it could be argued that technically he wasn't elected, given the way in which he was awarded Florida's electoral college votes. This in no way reflects my personal view on the 2000 election, it is merely an interesting observation for those with an interest in the Tecumseh curse.
- Bush was elected. Get over it.--Bedford 17:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Episcopalian possibly
On what grounds is his religion counted an Episcopalian? He was not a communicant in any religion & apparently had only recently acquired a bible
- Harrison died just one month after his inauguration. After Harrison's funeral, the rector at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC said Harrison had bought a Bible one day after his inauguration and had planned to become a communicant. Does going to church make on a believer in that religion?--JimWae 19:25, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Like most upper-caste Virginia families, the Harrisons were cradle-to-grave Episcopalians and considered themselves as such. Whether they ever actually went to church is immaterial. --Michael K. Smith 18:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
