The following list is alphabetical.

Amerindians

Americans | British and Canadians

Source: Canadian Heritage Parks Canada Brochure

John Norton, also Teyoninhokarawen, was born of a Cherokee father and Scottish mother. After Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, Norton was the most sucessful and well-known Amerindian leader during the War of 1812. An ally of the British, John Norton commanded Amerindian warriors during the Battle of Queenston Heights, the capture of Fort George, and many other major battles on the Niagara frontier.

After the war, Harrison was nominated for President and died in office in 1841.

Shawnee Chief Tecumseh

Source: The War of 1812, by Don Lawson

Before the War of 1812, Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (the Prophet), attempted to organize a confederacy of the Amerindian tribes to increase their chances of survival in a "white man's" North America. However, in a battle with American troops at Prophetstown in 1811, the Amerindians were routed and Tecumseh's dream fell apart.

The chief turned to the British for help and fought on their side in the War of 1812, becoming a friend of General Isaac Brock, and helping at the capture of Detroit. He remained on the Detroit frontier, fighting with the British troops, until they retreated from Detroit. The American force under the command of General Harrison pursued, and in the resulting Battle of the Thames, Tecumseh was killed in a swamp where the Amerindians struggled against the American forces. He was buried in that very swamp in a secret location. The Amerindian resistance on the Detroit frontier died with him.