Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 19, 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 70
Additional Source Text:
"With this pipe the famous Robt. Dixon, smoked with the several Nations of Indians residing on the head Waters of the Missisippi in May 1813, inviting them to join the British forces at Fort Malden & Detroit -- in which he was successful."
Notes:
Robert Dickson (ca. 1765-1823), a Scot who immigrated to Canada and was a merchant and trader, recruited Native Americans to the British side during the War of 1812. He "brought about 1,400 Indians to Fort Malden (Amherstburg, Ont.); from this post a second siege of Fort Meigs (near Perrysburg, Ohio), directed by Major-General Henry Procter with the support of Shawnee chief Tecumseh, was launched. The siege was unsuccessful, as was another – in which Dickson participated – at Fort Stephenson (Fremont, Ohio) at the end of July." Robert S. Allen, "Dickson, Robert," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6 / http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dickson_robert_6E.html
Eli B. Clemson (1776-1842) was the commander of the 1st U.S. Infantry, which was stationed at Fort Osage from 1808 until June of 1813, when the Fort was evacuated during the War of 1812 / https://www.fortosagenhs.com/captain-eli-b-clemson.html
