From: Tom Whore (tomwhore@inetarena.com)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2000 - 10:16:52 PPET
http://dante.neonexus.com/~crowbot/misc/tecumseh.html
n September of 1811, when America was still a young nation, a pair of
Indian leaders underwent an attempt to unite the Shawnee Indian tribes and
to rid themself of the curse of white men - alcohol. These two Indians
were known as the Prophet, and his half brother Tecumseh. The American
leaders of the time percieved this as a British attempt to stir up Indians
on their borders (this was a prelude to the war of 1812), and in order to
stop this potential Indian Union, Congress sent Governer William Henry
Harrison, who would soon be a US president, to deal with the matter.
Harrison gathered an army and marched against the Prophet's town, and in
the battle of Tippecanoe slaughtered the Shawnees, sacked the Prophet's
town, and discredited the Prophet, and in a later battle, killed him.
Tecumseh joined with the British, and in the war of 1812 fought against
the Americans, but nothing ever came of his Indian Union. When, in 1840,
Harrison was elected as president of the US, the aging Tecumseh was
enraged. He placed a curse on the nemesis who ran a campaign based on
slaughtering Indians. The curse is said to be placed on every president
that is elected in a year that ends in 0, and that the president will die
an untimely and unusual death. Tecumseh then disappeared, leaving no
trace. 1 month after he was in office, Willam Henry Harrison died of
pneumonia, the first United States President ever to die in office. 20
years later, in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president, during his
second term (April 14, 1865), Lincoln was shot by John Wilks Booth. 20
years later, in 1880, James A. Garfield was elected president, on July 2,
1881, he was shot at the railroad station. When recovery seemed imminent
and he seemed recuperating, he suddenly hemmorhaged and died in office,
September 19, 1881. 20 years later, in 1900, William McKinley was
re-elected president, on September 1901 he was shot twice by a deranged
anarchist. He died 8 days later. 20 years later, in 1920, Willam G.
Harding was elected president, in 1923 he was sitting in the white house
when he died of a sudden and unexpected heart attack. 20 years later, in
1940, Franklin Delenor Roosevelt was re-elected president. During his
third term in 1945, he died of Cerebral Hemmorrhaging. 20 years later, in
1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president. in 1963 he was shot and
killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. (Puts a new idea on the conspiracy theory) 20
years later, in 1980, Ronald Reagan broke the tradition of deaths,
narrowly surviving an assassination attempt. Will this end the tradition
of deaths? Incidentally, the assassin, John Hinkley, went insane shortly
after being incarserated at Danamora state penetentry.
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