![]() ![]() Leary was a diligent, hardworking Irish woman, no more responsible for the fire than anyone else in the city at that time. On October 8, when Kate Leary’s barn caught fire, so began a catastrophe that would forever change the soul of the city. There hadn’t been a meaningful rain since July, and several big blazes had nearly outstripped the fire department’s scant resources. ![]() In October of 1871, Chicagoans knew they were due for the “big one”-a massive, uncontrollable fire that would decimate the city. He’s the author of “Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison’s Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation.” This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at Today’s guest, Peter Stark, discusses these battles and diplomacy. ![]() expansion, the British backed Tecumseh’s confederacy in a series of battles during the forgotten western front of the War of 1812 that would determine control over the North American continent. An eloquent speaker, Tecumseh traveled from Minnesota to Florida and west to the Great Plains convincing far-flung tribes to join a great confederacy and face down their common enemy. His father, killed while fighting the Virginians flooding into Kentucky, extracted a promise from his sons to “never give in” to American settkers. Tecumseh, by all accounts one of the nineteenth century’s greatest leaders, belonged to an honored line of Shawnee warriors and chiefs. He journeyed west, became governor of the vast Indiana Territory, and sought statehood by attracting settlers and imposing one-sided treaties. William Henry Harrison was born to a prominent Virginia family, the son of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. This conflict between two civilization came to head in 1813 in a little-known but consequential struggle between two extraordinary leaders. government’s military victories, along with questionable treaties and violence. The conquest of Indian land in the eastern United States happened through decades of the U.S. ![]()
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