MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional accounts of the battle tend to give most of the credit for the victory to Little Turtle. John Sugden argues that Little Turtle’s prominence is primarily because of Little Turtle’s self-promotion in later years. Blue Jacket’s triumph was short-lived. The Americans were alarmed by St.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because of the blue hunting jacket he was wearing, he was given the Shawnee name, Wey-yah-pih-ehr-sehn-weh–Blue Jacket. In the drama, Blue Jacket lived his life as a Shawnee, and was ultimately named War Chief of the Shawnee Nation. Blue Jacket’s story is really about the land.
Detailed explanation-3: -The legend held that Blue Jacket was, in fact, Marmaduke Van Swearingen, a young white man who later chose to stay with the Shawnee. The legend took hold in 1877 by a biographer and grew in detail and grandiosity.
Detailed explanation-4: -(3) James Blue Jacket, son of Blue Jacket and Ms Baby, was born in the 1765-1768 period (two sources), probably in Blue Jacket’s Town on Deer Creek, a tributary of the Scioto River and married a Wyandot on the banks of the Detroit River.