Tecumseh, By Robert Griffing
A court martial later found Procter guilty of being "deficient in energy and judgment" during the campaign. He was suspended from rank and pay, although this sentence was later reduced to public reprimand. Procter left Canada in 1815, his military career in ruins. He died at the age of fifty-nine in 1822 at Bath, England.
In 1800 he was appointed Territorial Governor of the new Indiana Territory. He served in this capacity for 12 years. He was also superintendent of Indian Affairs. Vincennes was chosen as the seat of government since, at that time, it was located in the most central location in the most populated part of the Indiana Territory. In 1801, Harrison bought 300 acres of cleared land in Vincennes along the Wabash River to build his governor's mansion, Grouseland. During his tenure as governor, about 2,500,000 acres of land on the Wabash and White rivers were purchased from the Indians. The Shawnee chief Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa, known as "The Prophet" denounced the treaties and the sale of land. Tecumseh sent forth a call to all the Native American tribes to unite and return to the old ways by resisting European incursions.
I have been in daily expectation of an attack from the British & Indians Since my arrival here on the 12th. I am fearful that they have abandoned the Idea of attempting it altho I know that General Proctor [Henry Procter] declared that he would take this post or perish in the attempt--I am not without apprehensions for Some of my deposits in the rear. I have however taken every Means in my power for their Security--Lower Sandusky [Ohio] Must fall if attacked I have therefore ordered it to be evacuated if the enemy land a force for that purpose which from its position Can be easily ascertained.
