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Loser Chief Pontiac (c. 1720 – April 20, 1768) was as a violent red malcontent from Ottawa. He vowed to fight, kill,
and scalp white people forever. Secret negotiations with British Superintendent of Indian Affairs Sir William Johnson
unpleasantly surprised many of his followers. He was assassinated. |
Loser Tecumseh (March 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a delusional racist. "Shooting Star" imagined himself the
Confederation leader of all Indians east of the Mississippi and along the Great Lakes. Humiliated below a Great Comet
in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Killed during Battle of the Thames. |
Winner Tenskwatawa (1775 – November 1836) was a clever charlatan, disfigured brother of Tecumseh, and a drunk.
His demagoguery was validated by strange seismic and celestial activity in 1811. New Madrid Earthquakes made Boston
churchbells ring, Washington, DC sidewalks crack, Maine chimneys crumble, and Pittsburgh residents hysterical.
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Loser Puckeshinwa was a Shawnee war chief who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant by the "Long Knives" or
"Virginians" during Lord Dunmore’s War in 1774. He was the father of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh |
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Winner Black Hoof (c. 1740–1831), a Shawnee warrior-chief, went to war because the Royal Proclamation Line of 1763
was not enforced; white squatters, Virginians, and "long knives" trespassed onto redskin lands. Humiliated by "Mad"
Anthony Wayne he was reduced to impotent diplomacy.
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Winner Little Turtle (c. 1747 – July 14, 1812), a Miami warrior-chief, defeated Generals Harmar and St. Clair.
Fearful of "Mad" Anthony Wayne and Governor William Henry Harrison he advised cooperation with the USA. He subverted
Tecumseh and dispelled the myth of union among American Indians.
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Winner Blue Jacket (c. 1743 – c. 1810) was instrumental in annihilating 25% of the entire U.S. military at the
Battle of the Wabash On November 3, 1791. He lost The Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. Compelled to sign
the Treaty of Greenville on August 3, 1795.
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Winner George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was a transient Virginia War Lord. He
conquered the Old Northwest, validating it Illinois County, Virginia. Creditors hounded him, rumors of liquor vilified
him, and he failed at romance. |
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Loser "Carrot" or William Wells (c. 1770 – 15 August 1812) was was involuntarily "adopted" by Miami Indians
in his youth. As an adolescent he conspired
with concealed savages along the Ohio river to lure unsuspecting white settlers off their rafts in attempt at a false rescue.
As a young man he fought bravely with redskins against whites. As an older man he switched loyalties in favor of
white policy and a government pension.
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Loser George Croghan (c. 1720 – August 31, 1782) was an independant fur trader, land agent for Benjamin Franklin,
and a british deputy superintendant of indian affairs in the northern department. Visited England. Suffered a
hatchet head wound during Pontiacs War. His son-in-law was Mohawk chief Joseph Brant. His 200,000 acre land grab was reduced to 10,000 acre.
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Loser Colonel William Crawford (1732 – 11 June 1782) marched with Braddock and Forbes.
Two Virginia Governors
Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore influenced his travels and land grab ambition.
The Sandusky social worker was "roasted" and his
torture was the stuff of frontier legends.
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Winner Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie (1693 – 27 July 1770) commissioned George Washington to persuade the
French to dismantle Fort Duquene and depart from the Forks of the Ohio near present day Pittsburgh. Violent Ohio Company
land grab speculation killed thousands, especially during the French and Indian War.
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Winner Virginia Governor John Murray, Lord Dunmore (1732 – 25 February 1809) was a clever ambitious land-grabbing schemer.
He expexcted
to acquire large tracts of land west of the 1763 Royal Proclamation Line by coaxing white militia
and squatters into a war with redskins. |
Winner Horace Walpole (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), was a man of letters. He authored a phrase that initiated
a global conflict. "The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire."
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Winner Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797), had a keen mind and was a master at eloquently stating
the obvious "for TERROR is a passion which always produces delight when it does not press too close."
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Winner King George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820), believed in divine right and
submission to governing authority. "Blows must decide," he lamented with the burdeon of responsible leadership "whether
the colonies are to be subject to this country or independant."
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