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aliasfinn · 08-01-2015, 09:23 PM

I know I'm going to be wrong but i'll say Mangas Coloradas.

SunGrins · 08-01-2015, 09:30 PM

Yes, you are wrong. This guy was active on both sides of the Mississippi River and died a natural death.

aliasfinn · 08-01-2015, 09:32 PM

And he was born in the 1700s ?

SunGrins · 08-01-2015, 09:35 PM

He went on a long tour of the country witnessed by crowds of spectators at every stop.

SunGrins · 08-01-2015, 09:37 PM

Yes, 1700s. A contemporary of Tecumseh

SunGrins · 08-01-2015, 09:45 PM

His name would probably be familiar to people in the US military today but they might not make the connection.

aliasfinn · 08-01-2015, 09:59 PM

Black Hawk ?

SunGrins · 08-01-2015, 10:08 PM

You got him. He wrote an autobiography that is very interesting. He expected the British to come back and retake the midwest (at least) from the Americans long after the War of 1812 and they pretty much encouraged the idea.

aliasfinn · 08-01-2015, 10:16 PM

After scrounging around the internet I discovered there sure were a lot of Indians that wore medallions.

I'll start a new one,

This guy was not an American and was born in the 1800s.

SunGrins · 08-01-2015, 10:35 PM

OK -- European