Chief Tecumseh

 Our oral tradition tells us that Chief Tecumseh sat in Adoniram Lodge (latter to become Thistle Lodge No. 34) with officers from Fort Malden.   We have been unable to come up with any documentation.  However, it seems quite possible that the highly respected Chief would be brought into the lodge as a further bond of friendship with the British Garrison.  Tecumseh definitely was a resident of the Amherstburg area during and prior to the War of 1812.

 "The late Rev. Mr. Falls in making an enquiry concerning it said that Jonas Fox, son of the late Capt. Fox, told him that he often heard his father say that Tecumseh frequently met with the brethren and sat in old Adoniram lodge, and that the old chief had a great deal of reverence for Masonic work."

Robertson, J. Ross, The Hunter, Rose Co, Toronto, 1899

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