William Henry Harrison

William's father was Benjamin Harrison, one of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. But he wanted to do something that only he could do. He was the military governor of the Indiana Territory. There was a treaty that made most of the Indiana Territory belong to the Indians, especially the Shawnee. But white settlers were moving into Indian Territory. So William fought the Shawnee at Tippecanoe while their powerful war chief Tekamthi (Tecumseh) wasn't there. The village was destroyed. He became a national hero (not for the Indians, of course), and was called "Old Tippecanoe," or "Old Tip."

He won the presidential election in 19841, but the campaign was very hard, and he caught phemonia. Just after he became president, he met with Drowning Bear and Drowning Bear's adopted son, William Thomas about the Cherokee becoming citizens. He said he would try to help, but it would take a long time. Less than a month later, he died.

--Amanda Reiser