Benson John Lossing
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Benson John Lossing was an American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine. He was a charter trustee of Vas
Lossing in 1860
Benson John Lossing by Thomas Seir Cummings (c. 1835)
Portrait of Tecumseh by Benson John Lossing, after a pencil sketch by French trader Pierre Le Dru at Vincennes, published in Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812
Sugar Plantation in Cuba, from the Harper's New Monthly Magazine (January 1853)
Tecumseh
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Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native Ameri
Benson John Lossing
…his great-nephew, Peter Hannaford, it was published as My Heart Goes Home in 1997 (Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, New York). Works Portrait of Tecumseh by Benson John Lossing, after a pencil sketch by French trader Pierre Le Dru at Vincennes, published in Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 Sugar…
Painting of Tecumseh based on an 1808 sketch
Full-length portrait of Tecumseh, 19th century
Black Hoof (Catecahassa) emerged in the 1790s as the principal spokesman for the Ohio Shawnees. Most Shawnees followed his lead rather than Tecumseh's.
Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh's younger brother, founded a religious movement in 1805. (George Catlin, 1832)