Tecumseh crater and the lost Great Chickasaw [peer reviewed]

[Kalopin]

[uh, uha,... :-]
[For those with an interest in actual science and history... [reality...]-

...this post is to inform serious researchers! that I have an article for peer review...

...and, hopefully, give better understanding to who the Chickasaw were and the only reason that the settlers were able to occupy their lands. A meteor impact took thousands of lives, destroyed their homes and moved all the land in the entire valley, changing every hill, river, stream,... until it was unrecognizable...

The Chickasaw would have never just given their land away otherwise. They had to fight hard to earn it back, after the Yazoo had ran out their ancestors, the Mississippians, who were a tribe of gentle giants.[ this was one of the last tribes holding genetic coding left over from the lesser gravity days of the Pleistocene...]
The Chickasaw were direct descendants of the Mississippians...

This is for the countless number of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee,...who were killed instantly on December 16, 1811. This is to bring recognition to a great disaster, lost, to a time of superstitions and such primitive scientific understandings...

Currently their are seismologists who want to say that it wouldn't have registered over 8 on the Richter but barely over 6. They are trying to say that the church-bells ringing throughout the northeast was just a myth,... They believe that only a couple/few hundred may have died, up and down the river...
Once you go through it all, see that this was not just a seismic event in the central U.S., but was a global catastrophe...

[Minimalist]

But what does any of it have to do with archaeology?

[E.P. Grondine]

But what does any of it have to do with archaeology?

What does any of it have to do with reality, except as an example of some "serious confusion"?

[Minimalist]

That's a fair question, too.

[Kalopin]

But what does any of it have to do with archaeology?

As this research covers many disciplines, archaeology will be the starting point for understanding what had occurred...

I have a large sight in need of exploration. You see the couple artifacts? They are only an example of what I have and is yet to be dug up. Not just a horseshoe and wagonwheel endcap, but I have found wheel spokes, chain links, encased bone,... All this has been formed to rock, vitrified. [I have the skull of a horse and an alligator, made of rock, you can see the eyes and teeth. You can see the lines on the roof of the mouth within the gators' skull, it's eyes and even a few teeth...]

I believe this was a Chickasaw village, or I have, at least, found what was a wagontrain, as there are so many artifacts...
[...but until this is taken seriously, and further investigated, it will remain unknown...]

[...and so, they ignored, they laughed, they fought, the truth wins...]

[Minimalist]

I think you are still early in the Ignore Phase.

[Kalopin]

I think you are still early in the Ignore Phase.

lol!, sadly, I have to agree. Though, there are quite a number good folks working to make this change, it appears the ones in the position and, even though the majority of which, I am most sure, understand its accuracy, happen to be the very same ones who would want to protect the status quo...
[I am sure you are aware of the implications?]

[PDF]Seismic Hazards of the Upper Mississippi Embayment...
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA337348
File format:Adobe PDF

Jan 1, 1998 ... Geologic History of the Mississippi Embayment 3. Structure of the ... The report was prepared by Dr. Roy Van Arsdale, University of Memphis,.

The Mississippi's Curious Origins - Scientific...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... s-curious/...

By Roy B. Van Arsdale and Randel T. Cox on January 1, 2007 ... range was cleaved in two, leaving room for the Mississippi River to flow into the Gulf of Mexico

[PDF]Roy Van Arsdale Department of Earth Sciences...
earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/about/workshops/CEUS-WORKSHP/2.2...
File format:Adobe PDF

New Madrid seismic zone in northern. Mississippi embayment . Stars are large earthquakes of. 1811-1812 (from. Csontos and Van. Arsdale, 2008)

Professor Melosh selected as Purdue's 2014 McCoy...
http://www.purdue.edu/.../professor-mel ... d-as-purdu...

Jun 16, 2014 · Jay Melosh, a distinguished professor internationally known for his work on impact cratering, planetary tectonics, and the physics of earthquakes and ...

H. Jay Melosh - nasonline.org
http://www.nasonline.org/member-directo ... 52639.html

Aug 01, 2016 · H. Jay Melosh Purdue ... of impact cratering. I also maintain an active research program focused on terrestrial and planetary tectonics and the physics of ...

Long Term Deformation in the Mississippi Embayment...
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/mmag ... e/missrive...

Long Term Deformation in the Mississippi Embayment ... paradox it has been proposed that the seismicity in the NMSZ is ... M.Beatrice Magnani (CERI) Kirk ...

Seismological Research Letters
srl.geoscienceworld.org/content/87/1/229

... (DES) and Gary Patterson ... (NMSZ) in the central ... Seismological Research Letters Jan 2016, 87 (1) 229-254; DOI: 10.1785/0220150245

Crust and upper mantle structure of the New Madrid...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 0114000296

The black dashed line shows the estimated boundary of the Mississippi embayment, ... the crust and upper mantle under the NMSZ and its ... usgs.gov /research/cus ...

Historic Earthquakes - USGS Earthquake Hazard...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1811-18...

Oct 30, 2012 · The New Madrid Seismic Zone is ... after the Missouri town that was the largest settlement on the Mississippi ... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes ...

Christine Powell Research - CERI - University of...

www.memphis.edu › CERI › Research at CERI

Christine Powell Research. My research interests center on understanding why earthquakes occur in continental intraplate seismic zones.

New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) - CERI - University...

www.memphis.edu › CERI › WGDC

Research. Welcome; Research Resources; Centers/Chairs of Excellence; Centers and Institutes; FedEx Institute of Technology; electronic Research Administration (eRA)

The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 - CERI
www.ceri.memphis.edu/~ellis/NMSZ/nmsz.h...

The Bhuj earthquake occurred about 400 to 600 km ... the Bhuj earthquake is analogous to the New Madrid earthquakes. ... that are currently underway by CERI ...

...

["...but my reputation?!"..."...but my grant money?!..."]

...this has been going on for way too long. I have to try and explain to students and recent graduates, some of which are in real debt, and most are quite upset to find they were taught and graded on someone's guesses, knowing the price they paid...
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[Kalopin]

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2000
00HQGR0031 Roy Van Arsdale Central and Eastern U.S. Surficial geologic and liquefaction susceptibility mapping in Shelby County, Tennessee University of Memphis download
2001
01HQGR0052 Randel Cox Central and Eastern U.S. Investigation of seismically-induced liquefaction in the southern Mississippi Embayment University of Memphis download
2002
02HQGR0053 Roy Van Arsdale Central and Eastern U.S. Investigation of faulting beneath the city of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee University of Memphis download
info 2002
02HQGR0077 Charles Langston Central and Eastern U.S. ESEE - Embayment Seismic Excitation Experiment: Collaborative Research with CERI and the U. S. Geological Survey University of Memphis download
info 2003
03HQGR0011 Randel Cox Central and Eastern U.S. Investigation of seismically-induced liquefaction in the southern Mississippi embayment ($24,994; February 2003 through January 2004) University of Memphis download
2003
03HQGR0104 Seth Stein Central and Eastern U.S. Investigation of intraplate strain in North America using GPS Northwestern University download

2010
G10AP00007 Kim Olsen Central and Eastern U.S. 3D Broadband Ground Motion Estimation for Large Earthquakes on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Central United States ($43,866; January 2010 through December 2011) San Diego State University download
2010
G10AP00008 Charles Langson and Stephen Horton Central and Eastern U.S. 3D Seismic Velocity Model for the Unconsolidated Mississippi Embayment Sediments from H/V Ambient Noise Measurements ($74,837; January 2010 through December 2010) University of Memphis download
2010
G10AP00012 Maria Beatrice-Magnani Central and Eastern U.S. Characterizing the geometry and time of deformation of the Meeman-Shelby Fault, near Memphis, TN ($152,810; January 2010 through September 2012) University of Memphis download
2010
G10AP00013 Heather DeShon Central and Eastern U.S. Imaging Body Wave Attenuation Heterogeneity within the New Madrid Seismic Zone using Local Earthquakes ($64,361; January 2010 through December 2010) University of Memphis download
info 2010
G10AP00014 Laurence Becker & Edward Fratto Central and Eastern U.S. Utilizing the Surficial Geology of the Northeast United States to Improve NEHRP Site Effect Classifications in HAZUS-MH ($14,908; January 2010 through June 2011) Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC) download
2010
G10AP00020 Guoqing Lin Central and Eastern U.S. Improving Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Models and Earthquake Location for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: Collaborative Research between University of Miami and University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez ($40,000; February 2010 thru July 2011) University of Miami download
2010
G10AP00021 Victor Huerfano Moreno Central and Eastern U.S. Improving Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Models and Earthquake Location for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: Collaborative Research between University of Miami and University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez ($24,249; February 2010 thru July 2011) University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez download
2010
G10AP00022 Eric Calais Central and Eastern U.S. Intraplate strain and stress in the North American plate interior: Collaborative Research with Purdue University and University of Wisconsin ($140,323; January 2010 through December 2013) Purdue University download
2010
G10AP00024 Dennis DeMets Central and Eastern U.S. Intraplate Strain and Stress in the North American Plate Interior: Collaborative Research with Purdue University and University of Wisconsin ($26,092; January 2010 through December 2013) Univeristy of Wisconsin Madison download
2010
G10AP00037 John Ebel Central and Eastern U.S. Analysis of Aftershock Sequences for Use in Predicting Aftershock Probabilities Immediately Following Strong Earthquakes ($42,867; January 2010 through December 2010) Boston College download
2010
G10AP00070 Luis Suarez and Miguel Pando Central and Eastern U.S. Ambient Vibrations Measurements for Estimation of Site Fundamental Periods at the City of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico ($26,550; May 2010 through October 2011) University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez download
2010
G10AP00074 David Gaunt Central and Eastern U.S. Detailed Surficial Materials Mapping for the Kampville and Saint Charles 7.5 Quadrangles as a Portion of the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (SLAEHMP)($56,693; July 2010 through June 2011) Missouri Department of Natural Resources download
2010
G10AP00083 Roland LaForge Central and Eastern U.S. Analysis of the Effects of the 1918 Puerto Rico Earthquake and Calibration of Puerto Rico Shakemap Parameters: Collaborative Research with William McCann and William Lettis and Associates, Inc. ($30,994; April 2010 through March 2011) William Lettis & Associates, Inc. download
2010
G10AP00084 William McCann Central and Eastern U.S. Analysis of the Effects of the 1918 Puerto Rico Earthquake and Calibration of Puerto Rico Shakemap Parameters: Collaborative Research with William McCann and William Lettis and Associates, Inc. ($30,804; April 2010 through March 2011) William McCann download
2010
G10AP00096 Peggy Young and Joseph Gillman Central and Eastern U.S. CUSEC State Geologist Earthquake Hazard Mapping Preparedness and Outreach Associated with Central U.S. Seismicity ($96,262; May 2010 through December 2013) Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium download
2010
G10AP00152 Gary Patterson Central and Eastern U.S. CERI Education and Outreach (formerly PERC, Public Earthquake Resource Center)($65,000; September 2010 through September 2013) University of Memphis download
2010
G11AP20011 Ronald Counts and Lewis Owen Central and Eastern U.S. Determining the Deformation History of a Newly Discovered Holocene Fault in the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone, Western Kentucky: Collaborative Research between the Kentucky Geological Survey and the University of Cincinnati ($57,623; December 2010 through April 2012) Kentucky Geological Survey download
2011
G11AP20013 Lewis Owen and Ronald Counts Central and Eastern U.S. Determining the Deformation History of a Newly Discovered Holocene Fault in the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone, Western Kentucky: Collaborative Research between the Kentucky Geological Survey and the University of Cincinnati ($$33,046; December 2010 through April 2012) University of Cincinnati download
2011
G11AP20034 John Ebel Central and Eastern U.S. A Detailed Database of Mw>4.0 Earthquakes Since 1700 for the CEUS ($67,841; January 2011 through December 2011) Boston College download
2011
G11AP20035 John Baldwin & Robert Givler Central and Eastern U.S. Geophysical and Paleoseismic Investigation of the Commerce Geophysical Lineament, Qulin, southeast Missouri ($84,182; January 2011 through August 2014) Fugro William Lettis & Associates, Inc. download
2011
G11AP20043 Martin Chapman Central and Eastern U.S. Reprocessing and Interpretation of an Industry Seismic Reflection Profile Across the South Georgia Rift in the Epicentral Area of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina Earthquake ($88,879; January 2011 through August 2012) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University download
2011
G11AP20122 Roy Van Arsdale Central and Eastern U.S. Seismological Society of America 2011 Field Trip: Fault Trench Site in the New Madrid Seismic Zone ($4788; April 2011 through June 2011) University of Memphis download
2011
G11AP20124 Chris Cramer Central and Eastern U.S. Liquefaction Hazard Maps for the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project: Collaborative Research with the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University of Memphis ($24,845; April 2011 through March 2012) Univesity of Memphis download
2011
G11AP20125 David Rogers Central and Eastern U.S. Liquefaction Hazard Maps for the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project: Collaborative Research with the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University of Memphis ($50,000; April 2011 through March 2012) Missouri University download
2011
G11AP20141 Martin Chapman Central and Eastern U.S. Experiment to Determine Hypocenters and Focal Mechanisms of Earthquake Occurring in Association with Imaged Faults Near Summerville, South Carolina ($78,045; May 2011 through December 2012) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University download
2011
G11AP20156 Edward Woolery Central and Eastern U.S. Towards Construction of the Central United States Seismic Observatory and Calibration Site: Defining the Geologic Site Model-Part 2 ($67,672; June 2011 through December 2012) University of Kentucky download
2011
G11AP20174 Edith Starbuck Central and Eastern U.S. Detailed Surficial Materials Mapping for the Creve Couer and Kirkwook 7.5 Minute Quadrangles as a Portion of the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (SLAEHMP)($59,924; July 2011 through December 2012) Missouri Department of Natural Resources download
2011
G11AP20178 Haydar Al-Shukri Central and Eastern U.S. Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America 2011 Field Trip-Trenching Support for Paleoliquefaction Stop in the Marianna, AR, Area October 16-18, 2011 ($5,000; September 2011 through December 2011) University of Arkansas at Little Rock download
2011
G11AP20192 Jennifer Haase Central and Eastern U.S. Effects of 3-D Wave Propagation in Evansville and Impacts on Infrastructure ($125,480; August 2011 through August 2013) Purdue University Final Technical Report Due November 2013 2011
G12AC20211 Edith Starbuck Central and Eastern U.S. Surficial Materials Mapping of the Chesterfield, House Springs, Manchester, Maxville and Weldon Spring 7.5 Minute Quadrangles, and Vs Profiles for the Western Portion of the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project ($60,000; July 2012 through June 2013) Missouri Department of Natural Resources download
2012
G12AP20000 Martitia Tuttle Central and Eastern U.S. Paleotsunami Record of Large Offshore Earthquakes North of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands ($64,100; January 2012 through June 2014) M. Tuttle & Associates Final Technical Report Due September 2014 2012
G12AP20001 Cliff Frohlich Central and Eastern U.S. Induced Earthquakes in Texas: Preliminary Comparison of Sites Where they Occur and Do Not Occur ($81,828; December 2011 through November 2012) University of Texas Austin download
info 2012
G12AP20002 Russell Green Central and Eastern U.S. Implications from Liquefaction Observations in New Zealand for Interpreting Paleoliquefaction Data in the CEUS ($76,150; December 2011 through August 2013) Virginia Polytechnic Institute download
2012
G12AP20012 Shu-Chioung Chiu, Charles Langston, Jer-Ming Chiu & Mitch Withers Central and Eastern U.S. Imaging Shallow Crustal Structure in the Upper Mississippi Embayment using Local Earthquake Data ($44,149; January 2012 through March 2014) University of Memphis download
2012
G12AP20031 Kevin Furlong Central and Eastern U.S. The Intraplate Earthquake Cycle:Strain and Displacement Behavior During the Canterbury, NZ Earthquake Sequence ($48,605; January 2012 through December 2012) Pennsylvania State University download
2012
G12AP20042 Ronald Counts Central and Eastern U.S. Paleoseismic Investigation of the Meadow Bank Lineament in the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone: Collaborative Research between the University of Illinois and the University of Kentucky ($4,056; March 2012 through February 2013) University of Kentucky Relinquished to University of Illinois 2012
G12AP20045 Timothy Larson, Andrew Phillips, Ahmed Ismail & Scott Elrick Central and Eastern U.S. Paleoseismic Investigation of the Meadow Bank Lineament in the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone($5,999; March 2012 through January 2014) University of Illinois download
info 2012
G12AP20068 Martitia Tuttle Central and Eastern U.S. Filling the Gap in the Paleoearthquake Record between the New Madrid and Wabash Valley Seismic Zones ($75,000; September 2012 through October 2016) M. Tuttle & Associates Final Technical Report Due January 2017 2012
G12AP20079 Chris Cramer and Gary Patterson Central and Eastern U.S. Updating and Expanding Urban Seismic Hazard Maps and Public Outreach for Memphis and Shelby County, TN ($88,066; May 2012 through April 2013) University of Memphis 2012
G12AP20079 Chris Cramer and Gary Patterson Central and Eastern U.S. Updating and Expanding Urban Seismic Hazard Maps and Public Outreach for Memphis and Shelby County, TN ($88,066; May 2012 through April 2013) University of Memphis download
info 2012
G12AP20082 Paul Somerville & Sidao Ni Central and Eastern U.S. Estimating Site Response by Constraining Shallow Velocity Structure with Local P Waves in the Central and Eastern US ($58,104; May 2012 through April 2013) URS Group, Inc. download
2012
G12AP20093 Haydar Al-Shukri & Hanan Mahdi Central and Eastern U.S. Geophysical and Paleoseismic Investigations of Large Sand Blows along a Northwest-Oriented Lineament near Marianna, Arkansas ($91,399; June 2012 through May 2015) University of Arkansas at Little Rock download
2012
G12AP20099 Randel Tom Cox Central and Eastern U.S. Investigation of the Magnitude and Timing of Paleo-Earthquakes in Southeast Arkansas ($48,053; July 2012 through July 2013) University of Memphis download
info 2012
G12AP20101 Stephen Horton Central and Eastern U.S. Seismic Hazard from Induced Earthquakes in Arkansas($58,000; June 2012 through May 2015) University of Memphis Final Technical Report Due August 2015 2012
G12AP20136 Heather DeShon Central and Eastern U.S. Integrating USArray and Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network Data to Establish Central US Catalog Location and Magnitude Sensitivities ($13,649; September 2012 through December 2012) Southern Methodist University, Inc. download
2013
G12AP20150 Jennifer Haase Central and Eastern U.S. Effects of 3-D Wave Propagation in Evansville and Impacts on Infrastructure ($59,475; October 2012 through December 2013) University of California San Diego download
2012
G13AP00019 Paul Segall Central and Eastern U.S. Network Based Estimates of Strain-Rate and Uncertainty in the Central U.S.($70,693; April 2013 through March 2015) Stanford University Final Technical Report Due June 2015 2013
G13AP00024 Heather Savage and Geoffrey Abers Central and Eastern U.S. The 2011 Oklahoma Earthquake Sequence and the Role of Fluid Injection in Triggering Earthquakes: Collaborative Research with the University of Oklahoma and Columbia University ($37,225; April 2013 through November 2014) Columbia University download
info 2013
G13AP00042 Martin Chapman & John Hole Central and Eastern U.S. Study of Near-Source Geometrical Spreading and Radiation Pattern Effects from the Aftershocks of the 2011 Virginia Earthquake ($51,804; July 2013 through December 2014) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University download
2013
G13AP00043 John Ebel Central and Eastern U.S. Hypocenter and Focal Mechanism Determination of the August 23, 2011 Virginia Earthquake Aftershock Sequence:Collaborative Research with VA Tech and Boston College ($39,894; July 2013 through December 2014) Boston College download
2013
G13AP00044 Martin Chapman Central and Eastern U.S. Hypocenter and Focal Mechanism Determination of the August 23, 2011 Virginia Earthquake Aftershock Sequence:Collaborative Research with VA Tech and Boston College ($59,830; July 2013 through December 2014) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University download
info 2013
G13AP00045 Martitia Tuttle Central and Eastern U.S. Earthquake Potential of the Central Virginia Seismic Zone ($62,000; August 2013 through July 2015) M.Tuttle & Associates download
2013
G13AP00046 Chris Cramer Central and Eastern U.S. A Proposal in Support of the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project: Completion of the Final 12 SLAEHMP Seismic and Liquefaction Hazard Maps ($58,013; July 2013 through December 2016) University of Memphis Final Technical Report Due March 2017 2013
G13AP00049 Phyllis Steckel Central and Eastern U.S. Earthquake Insight for Key Central and Eartern US Decision-Makers and Policy-Makers: Extrapolating Proven Outreach Methods to New Areas and New Audiences ($46,060; July 2013 through June 2014) Earthquake Insight LLC download
2013
G13AP00062 John Baldwin Central and Eastern U.S. Geophysical and Paleoseismic Investigation of the Big Creek Fault Zone, near West Helena, Arkansas: Collaborative Research with Millsaps College and Lettis Consultants International, Inc.($70,560; September 2013 through August 2016) Lettis Consultants International Final Technical Report Due November 2016 2013
G13AP00064 James Harris Central and Eastern U.S. Geophysical and Paleoseismic Investigation of the Big Creek Fault Zone, near West Helena, Arkansas: Collaborative Research with Millsaps College and Lettis Consultants International, Inc. ($49,864; September 2013 through August 2016) Millsaps College Final Technical Report Due November 2016 2013
G13AP00067 Gail Atkinson Central and Eastern U.S. Constraints on Source and Attenuation Parameters for moderate earthquakes in the CEUS ($39,200; September 2013 through August 2014) Gail Atkinson download
2013
G13AP00076 Martin Chapman, James Martin & Guney Olgun Central and Eastern U.S. Site Response and Soil Amplification in the National Capital Region During the 2011 Virginia Earthquake-Development of Region-Specific Site Amplification Factors ($79,932; September 2013 through May 2015) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University download
2013
G14AP00001 Kathleen Keranen Central and Eastern U.S. Evaluating the Role of Injected Fluid in Triggering the 2011 Oklahoma Earthquake Sequence: Collaborative Research with Cornell University and Columbia University ($14,641; November 2013 through November 2014) Cornell University download
info 2014
G14AP00008 Andreas Skarlatoudis, Paul Somerville, Hong Kie Thio & Jeff Bayless Central and Eastern U.S. Magnitude Estimates for the 1811-1812 New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquakes using Large Scale Numerical Simulations: Implications for the Seismic Hazard in Urban Areas around the Mississippi Embayment ($64,723; January 2014 through September 2015) URS Group, Inc. 2014
G14AP00013 Roy Van Arsdale Central and Eastern U.S. Seismic Potential of the New Madrid Seismic Zones Reelfoot Fault: Collaborative with University of Memphis and University of Kentucky ($17,281; January 2014 through April 2015) University of Memphis download
info 2014
G14AP00014 Edward Woolery Central and Eastern U.S. Seismic Potential of the New Madrid Seismic Zone’s Reelfoot Fault: Collaborative Research with the University of Memphis and University of Kentucky ($45,581; January 2014 through April 2015) University of Kentucky download
info 2014
G14AP00015 Benjamin Kozlowicz Central and Eastern U.S. Evaluation of Earthquake Magnitude from the Kentucky Bend Scarp, central New Madrid Seismic Zone – A Paleoseismic Assessment ($64,540; January 2014 through June 2015) URS Corporation Final Technical Report Due September 2015 2014
G14AP00016 Miaki Ishii Central and Eastern U.S. Digitization of Analogue Seismograms for Improved Seismicity Constraints in the Northeastern United States ($17,030; January 2014 through December 2014) Harvard University download
info 2014
G14AP00023 Steven Jaume Central and Eastern U.S. Charleston, SC Area Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project (CAEHMP) Workshop and Pilot Study: Collaborative Research with College of Charleston and University of Memphis ($47,659; January 2014 through January 2015) College of Charleston download
2014
G14AP00024 Chris Cramer Central and Eastern U.S. Charleston, SC Area Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project (CAEHMP) Workshop and Pilot Study: Collaborative Research with College of Charleston and University of Memphis ($28,968; January 2014 through January 2015) University of Memphis download
2014
G14AP00031 Kevin Franke Central and Eastern U.S. Development and evaluation of simplified performance-based procedures for the estimation of liquefaction-induced lateral spread displacements and seismic slope displacements ($78,380; March 2014 through August 2015) Brigham Young University download
2014
G14AP00031 Kevin Franke Central and Eastern U.S. Development and evaluation of simplified performance-based procedures for the estimation of liquefaction-induced lateral spread displacements and seismic slope displacements ($78,380; March 2014 through August 2015) Brigham Young University download
2014
G14AP00036 Eric Sandvol Central and Eastern U.S. Seismic Attenuation and Hazard in the Central and Eastern U.S. ($48,942; April 2014 through March 2016) University of Missouri download
2014
G14AP00037 Paul Segall Central and Eastern U.S. Network Based Estimates of Strain-rate and Uncertainty in the Central U.S.($33,034; April 2014 through March 2015) Stanford University download
2014
G14AP00046 Russell Green Central and Eastern U.S. Development of Region-Specific Magnitude Bound Curves for CEUS Paleoliquefaction Data Interpretation ($78,701; May 2014 through May 2016) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Final Technical Report Due August 2016 2014
G14AP00060 Laurie Baise Central and Eastern U.S. Near Surface Sediment Model and Site Response for Boston: Collaborative Research with Tufts University and Boston College ($76,895; June 2014 through September 2015) Tufts University download
2014
G14AP00061 John Ebel Central and Eastern U.S. Near Surface Sediment Model and Site Response for Boston: Collaborative Research with Tufts University and Boston College ($54,665; June 2014 through August 2015) Boston College download
2014
G14AP00099 Chris Cramer, Gary Patterson & David Arellano Central and Eastern U.S. Updating Liquefaction Probability Curves, Seismic Hazard Model, and Urban Seismic Hazard Maps with Public Outreach for Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee ($81,126; August 2014 through July 2015) University of Memphis download
2014
G14AP00102 Ellen Rathje Central and Eastern U.S. Development of Calibrated Site Amplification Models for Application in Central and Eastern North America: Collaborative Research with UCLA, UIUC, and UT ($56,832; August 2014 through June 2016) University of Texas Final Technical Report due September 2016 2014
G14AP00103 Jonathan Stewart Central and Eastern U.S. Development of Calibrated Site Amplification Models for Application in Central and Eastern North America: Collaborative Research with UCLA, UIUC, and UT ($54,434; August 2014 through June 2016) University of California, Los Angeles Final Technical Report Due September 2016 2014
G14AP00104 Youssef Hashash Central and Eastern U.S. Development of Calibrated Site Amplification Models for Application in Central and Eastern North America: Collaborative Research with UCLA, UIUC, and UT ($48,604; August 2014 through June 2016) University of Illinois Final Technical Report Due September 2016 2014
G14AP00110 Sidao Ni & Paul Somerville Central and Eastern U.S. Constraining shallow subsurface S wave velocities with noise H/V ratio and the initial portion of local P waves recorded at ANSS and EarthScope Transportable Array stations in the CEUS ($64,187; September 2014 through May 2016) URS Group, Inc. Final Technical Report Due August 2016 2014
G15AP00009 Cheryl Seeger Central and Eastern U.S. Isobath and Clay Cap Survey of the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Southeast Missouri ($49,229; December 2014 through November 2015) Missouri Department of Natural Resources download
2015
G15AP00012 Cynthia Ebinger & Frank Horowitz Central and Eastern U.S. Identification of Faults and Lateral Crustal Loads and their Implications for Intraplate Seismicity in CEUS: Collaborative Research with University of Rochester, Cornell University ($40,026; December 2014 through November 2015) University of Rochester download
2015
G15AP00013 Franklin Horowitz & Cynthia Ebinger Central and Eastern U.S. Identification of Faults and Lateral Crustal Loads and their Implications for Intraplate Seismicity in CEUS: Collaborative Research with University of Rochester, Cornell University ($34,179; December 2014 through November 2015) Cornell University download
2015
G15AP00014 Roy Van Arsdale Central and Eastern U.S. Quaternary Displacement Rates on the Meeman-Shelby Fault and Joiner Ridge: Collaborative Reserch between the University of Memphis and the U.S. Geological Survey ($56,722; January 2015 through December 2015) University of Memphis download
2015
G15AP00015 Michael Hamburger and Gary Pavlis Central and Eastern U.S. Microseismicity in the Ste. Genevieve, Wabash Valley, and Rough Creek Seismic Zones using EarthScope FlexArray Data: Implications for Earthquake Hazards: Collaborative Research with Indiana University, Purdue University, and University of Kentucky ($45,358; January 2015 through December 2016) Indiana University Final Technical Report Due March 2017 2015
G15AP00016 Hersh Gilbert Central and Eastern U.S. Microseismicity in the Ste. Genevieve, Wabash Valley, and Rough Creek Seismic Zones using EarthScope FlexArray Data: Implications for Earthquake Hazards: Collaborative Research with Indiana University, Purdue University, and University of Kentucky ($37,197; January 2015 through December 2016) Purdue University Final Technical Report Due March 2017 2015
G15AP00017 Seth Carpenter Central and Eastern U.S. Microseismicity in the Ste. Genevieve, Wabash Valley, and Rough Creek Seismic Zones using EarthScope FlexArray Data: Implications for Earthquake Hazards: Collaborative Research with Indiana University, Purdue University, and University of Kentucky ($31,347;January 2015 through December 2016) University of Kentucky Final Technical Report Due March 2017 2015
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...not even to mention the many millions spent to study the Mississippi embayment and the NMSZ prior to presenting my research, please see the amount of funding given to those who were fully aware of my findings since...

...are you all willing to let this fraud, waste and abuse continue?, knowing the amount of evidence pointing to a meteor impact?...

[Minimalist]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016 ... /89824558/

Oklahoma regulators on Saturday shut down 37 wastewater wells connected to oil and gas production after a magnitude-5.6 earthquake — matching the strongest quake ever to hit the state — jolted north-central Oklahoma.

And nary a meteor in sight.

[Kalopin]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016 ... /89824558/

Oklahoma regulators on Saturday shut down 37 wastewater wells connected to oil and gas production after a magnitude-5.6 earthquake — matching the strongest quake ever to hit the state — jolted north-central Oklahoma.

And nary a meteor in sight.

I'm missing your point... I am not trying to, nor have I ever tried to say that a meteor impact would be the only source for tectonic activity. In fact, there are many causes for earthquakes. [I believe tidal motion and spin force may be the most prevalent?]...

The quakes you refer to were mostly of an anthropogenic form, caused by man-made activity...
[...and another good example of how greed defeats science!]
There are many to understand that the process of fracking is a flawed [and VERY stupid!] form of extraction...

As I do not agree with ANY extraction [don't need it!], it is well known within the geologist's community that fracturing tectonic plates and removing oil and gasses [pressure!], not only will cause aquifers to be poisoned and excessive amounts of earthquakes, but will diminish the integrity of the plate...

The more the plates are cracked, the more pressure and weight that is removed and displaced will cause the plates to move, producing more tectonic activity and, in this case, allow the north American plate to ride up further across the Juan de Fuca plate and push down further across the Pacific plate, riding up on top of it, and, if the Pacific plate does not split near the middle, where it is already cracked from the Aleutian islands down to the Hawaiian islands [which will still be quite catastrophic], will force itself up on the Eurasian plate, pushing down, sinking the islands of Japan, along with much of China and Russia,...

[...certain [sicko] members of the oligarchy are encouraging certain forms of population control...]
[...though I am not sure that those with the "privileged information" are fully aware of the consequences...]

[Minimalist]

Observations made at the time indicate that the comet of 1811 never came closer than one A.U. from earth. You do need to overcome that problem.

[Kalopin]

Observations made at the time indicate that the comet of 1811 never came closer than one A.U. from earth. You do need to overcome that problem.

...if you will please go through the historical accounts, as that is all there is, then you will see a plethora of observations, [from the southern hemisphere as well], indicating the comet was on a very close path.

The comet was observed [not measured] as fifty percent larger than Sun in October 1811 and Herschel saw the tail becoming much shorter in mid- November 1811, [because it was coming toward him,] it was observed as being very bright in the sky in early December,

New Madrid 1811-12 Earthquakes, Steamboat & Comet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TweESLlUDk

Sep 18, 2013 ... The forgotten earthquakes of America, and a warning of earthquake... ... 6th when a bright comet appeared in the early morning sky in the fall of 1811. ... The sky was filled with a haze and the land looked like ocean waves.

http://www.hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/ne ... 8_1811.jpg then they were unable to observe it agaIn, because of the weather, [caused by the comet], until it was observed going away in early January 1812...
Perfect timing for all the disasters which occurred and are recorded in history books, waiting to be understood, [what exactly these people actually bore witness to...]

Please don't just assume that those who speculate are accurate... They have all taken hear-say evidence and distorted history, by missing out and not putting together all the details, all the reports and stories of each and every disaster, as so many were the result of C/1811 F1...

[Minimalist]

Please don't just assume that those whose speculate are accurate...

Obviously, you don't apply that to your speculations, though.

[Kalopin]

Please don't just assume that those whose speculate are accurate...

Obviously, you don't apply that to your speculations, though.

...as there was no way to measure an object in space with any accuracy in 1811 and there is no other option but to interpret what was reported.
That is why I ask you to look through the accounts [especially Humboldt's research...].
Then base all speculation on actual science, satellite views, dendrology, impactites, topographical maps, available scientific and observational data,...

...add all this to the many historical accounts, newspaper articles, Herschel's and other astronomers observations [...and even link the comet's path to the debris trail we pass every year in early December, known as the Geminids meteor showers]

...add this to the weather reports, the many earthquakes, eruptions, extreme storms, instant drops in temperatures, major changes in climate, [wars, plagues,...] cooling the planet and causing a mini-ice age from 1811-1817 and eventually, through all the tectonic activity, causing the eruption of Mt. Tambora and "the year without a summer 1816"...

All these disasters which occurred were the result of the close passing of Tecumseh's comet...

[Kalopin]

https://ratical.org/ratville/Tecumseh.html

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Article: 1100 of sgi.talk.ratical
From: (dave "who can do? ratmandu!" ratcliffe)
Subject: PANTHER-ACROSS-THE-SKY: Tecumseh & the New Madrid Earthquake, December, 1811
Summary: biography of Tecumseh & his prophecy of most violent N.American quake
Keywords: New Madrid, ILL earthquake--biggest in N. American recorded history
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another remarkable compilation of the "forgotten past", thanks to David Yarrow


This true story reveals a hidden dimension to American History and Geology which shakes not only the earth, but our very rational conceptions of the relationship between Science and Spirit, between Geology and Gaia. This is what I call "Herstory," and it is covered up because it forces us to confront certain political, racial and spiritual realities that are embarrassingly inconsistent with official dogmas. Yet, any thoughtful person must give a long pause to contemplate the implications of this untold tale.

What might any geologist give to know how Tecumseh was able to predict with such accuracy? Most likely, what a geologist would have to sacrifice are his own sacrosant beliefs in the separation of Science and Spirit.



PANTHER-ACROSS-THE-SKY
Tecumseh and the New Madrid Earthquake
written 11pm 11/8/91 by David Yarrow


"The story you are about to be told is true...." Indeed, the three responses to this topic are excerpts taken from "The Frontiersmen," an authentic historical novel describing how the white man took the Ohio Valley and Kentucky from the Indians. The events they describe are also recorded in several other authentic historical novels, one of which is the biography of Tecumseh entitled "Panther-Across-the-Sky," which, unfortunately, I've not had the opportunity to read yet.

When I studied Earth Science, I learned about the New Madrid earthquake -- the most violent and destructive tremor ever to strike North America in recorded history. Centered in New Madrid, Illinois, where the Ohio and Missouri rivers meet the Mississippi, this massive quake severely shook the entire eastern half of the continent. Chimneys fell all the way up in Maine from this one. And it wasn't merely a single quake, but a series of them spanning a period of four months.

The New Madrid quake is especially intriguing not only because of its unparalleled power, but also because it occurred in an area which is normally devoid of tectonic activity, including earthquakes. The implication is that this monster quake originated far deeper in the North American crust than is usual for an earthquake.

When I studied American History, I learned about William Henry Harrison, a U.S. military leader on the western frontier who had to confront the great Indian leader Tecumseh, who tried in a prolonged process of diplomacy to unite the Indian tribes into a grand confederacy. Although Harrison never actually fought Tecumseh, he later went on to be elected President of the United States, largely on the strength of his reputation as a frontier Indian fighter -- a warrior image that continues to hold great charisma in the American psyche. Tecumseh, too, was portrayed in my history lessons as a great and powerful warrior, whereas he was in truth a diplomat, a peacemaker and, most intriguing of all, a prophet.

However, what I was never was taught by either Earth Science of American History is that Tecumseh didn't merely predicted the New Madrid earthquake. In truth, Tecumseh didn't merely "predict" this tectonic event, he actually "prophesied" this greatest earthquake ever to hit the continent. Tecumseh's prophecy was given many months in advance of the quake, and was accurate down to the very day it occurred. One of the odd enigmas of truth hidden under the veneer of American History is that this quake was actually his signal to the Indians of North America to unite in an army and drive the invading, land stealing whites off the continent.

This true story reveals a hidden dimension to American History and Geology which shakes not only the earth, but our very rational conceptions of the relationship between Science and Spirit, between Geology and Gaia. This is what I call "Herstory," and it is covered up because it forces us to confront certain political, racial and spiritual realities that are embarrassingly inconsistent with official dogmas. Yet, any thoughtful person must give a long pause to contemplate the implications of this untold tale.

What might any geologist give to know how Tecumseh was able to predict with such accuracy? Most likely, what a geologist would have to sacrifice are his own sacrosant beliefs in the separation of Science and Spirit.



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PANTHER-ACROSS-THE-SKY
Tecumseh and the New Madrid Earthquake


Part One: Tecumseh's Birth and Boyhood

[The following narrative is taken from The Frontiersman by Allan W. Eckert (© 1967). In the Author's Note, Eckert wrote: "This book is fact, not fiction. Certain techniques normally associated with the novel form have been utilized, but in no case has this been at the expense of historical accuracy. In no case has there been any 'whole cloth' fabrication or fanciful fictionalization. Equally, every incident described in this book actually occurred; every date is historically accurate; and every character, regardless of how major or minor, actually lived the role in which he is portrayed."]


Wednesday, March 9, 1768

As he had done on occasion ever since childhood, the Shawnee chief Pucksinwah contemplated the multitude of stars sparkling with such life and beauty in the deep cloudless and moonless sky. Now that the fire had died to a dim orange bed of coals and the women squatted around it had lapsed into uncommon silence, these jewels of the night seemed to draw even closer and become more tangible, as if waiting to be plucked.

Only rarely was the stillness broken by a soft cry from within the hastily erected shelter beyond the fire where Methotasa -- A-Turtle-Laying-Her-Eggs-in-the-Sand -- waited delivery of her child. It would have been better had they been able to continue the journey to Chillicothe. The village was only three arrow flights to the northwest of them, but the time to bear fruit had come and further travel, however short, would have been dangerous to both Methotasa and the infant.

Though extremely anxious to reach this principal town of the Chalahgawtha sept, Pucksinwah nevertheless stayed behind with his 12-year-old son, Chiksika, and 10-year-old daughter, Tecumapese, along with half a dozen women of his clan who would help in the delivery. The remainder of his Kispokotha sept of the Shawnees he sent on to the village with word of his whereabouts and his promise to appear on the morrow at the large msi-kah-mi-qui, or council house.

Nearly 600 strong, these followers of his represented about two-thirds of the population of Kispoko Town on the west bank of the Scioto River. Similar groups from the other four Shawnee septs were also converging for this highly important council at Chillicothe. For over five years tribal representatives had been meeting here at intervals in an effort to decide what the Shawnees, as a nation, must do about the white man who, despite those treaties forbidding it, was crossing the mountains to the east and spilling into the valleys of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny and Allegheny.

Although the Shawnee septs were individual entities and governed themselves, each was an important branch of the Shawnee tribe as a whole, and each had a distinct office or duty to perform for the benefit of the tribe. The Peckuwe sept, for instance, had charge of the maintenance of order or duty, and looked after the celebration of matters pertaining to Shawnee religion. It was to this sept that Methotasa had belonged before Pucksinwah had taken her as wife.

The Maykujay clan controlled matters pertaining to health, medicine and food. The Kispokotha sept, on the other hand, was in charge of all circumstances of warfare, including the preparation and training of warriors.

But the two most powerful septs were the Thawegila and Chalahgawtha, which had charge of all things political and all matters affecting the entire tribe. These two septs were equal in power, and from one of them the principal chief of the Shawnees had to come. The chiefs of the other septs were subordinate to the principal chief in all matters of importance to the tribe but, in circumstances pertaining to their own jurisdiction, they were independent chiefs. The Thawegila, Kispokotha and Peckuwe septs were closely related morally and politically, while the Maykujay and Chalahgawtha septs always stood together, as they had in times past during occasional instances of tribal dissension.

So it was now in this problem of the encroachment of the whites. It was such a serious problem that strong lines of dissension had formed which threatened to cause a permanent breach in the nation; at least so it was feared by the principal chief, Hokolesqua -- Cornstalk -- a Chalahgawtha Shawnee. His sept and the Maykujays took the stand that "we had better make peace with the white people, as they are outnumbering us and increasing fast. It seems Moneto -- God -- is with them. Let us make peace with them and be always in peace with them.

"No!" said the Thawegila, Kispokotha and Peckuwe chiefs. "Let us not make peace with the white people. Let us fight them until one or the other of us is destroyed to the last man."

Pucksinwah shook his head sadly. To the very marrow of his bones he knew there could never be a true peace between whites and Indians. As surely as summer follows spring, the whites would not stop at the river valley of western Pennsylvania. Inevitably they would spread down the Spay-lay-wi-theepi -- Ohio River -- to settle in the great and sacred hunting grounds of Can-tuc-kee. The Shawnees from the north and Cherokee from the south might share the bounty of that land below the great river, but no tribe -- nor white man! -- must be permitted to take up permanent residence there.

Had not over a century of friction between Indians and whites proven that nothing could be gained by talk of peace? When treaties had been signed and boundaries established in the past, had not these whites treated the Indians with unfeigned loathing, and had they not broken the boundaries almost immediately after they were established?

This was why the current council at the Little Miami River village of Chillicothe was so important to Pucksinwah. Largest of the Shawnee towns, it was centrally located to all the septs and more than 5000 Shawnee men would be on hand. And this time it would be his turn to speak without interruption in the msi-kah-mi-qui. He would pray to Moneto to bring powerful words to his lips that he might convince the Chalahgawtha and Maykujay septs that there could never exist an suitable peace between Indians and whites.

He raised his eyes skyward, but the prayer died aborning as a huge meteor suddenly plunged into the atmosphere and burst into brilliant greenish-white flame. It streaked across the heavens from the north in an awe-inspiring spectacle which lasted fully twenty seconds.

Pucksinwah had heard of such occurrences, but not before had he seen anything so breathtaking as this, and the tales of the old people came back to him now: this shooting star was The Panther, a great spirit passing over to the south where it seeks a deep hole for sleep. Every night it passes somewhere on the earth to go to that home in the south. It was a good sign indeed, and Pucksinwah arose and stepped briskly to the fire where the women were clustered, chattering excitedly, for they too had seen it.

From within the temporary shelter came the sharp wail of a baby. Pucksinwah waited quietly, the murmur of voices from inside almost lost in the gurgle of water from the great bubbling spring beside the shelter. Soon the infant's crying faded away, and a quarter hour later one of the women came out, beckoned to the chief, and happily told him he had a son.

Pucksinwah stooped to enter the shelter and the three women inside, giggling delightedly, left to join the others at the fire. Methotasa lay on a bedding of cedar boughs covered with a huge buffalo hide, the even softer hide of a deer covering her to the waist. Her breasts were swelled, but not yet heavily engorged with the milk which would come in two or three days. In the crook of her arm slept the newborn child, its skin glistening faintly with a protective coating of bear oil applied by the squaws.

Methotasa smiled up at Pucksinwah as he knelt to look at the baby. She told him that the other women had seen a great star, The Panther, passing across and searching for its home in the south. Pucksinwah nodded gravely, and told her it was the boy's unsoma.

Shawnee custom declares that a boy baby is not named for ten days after his birth, nor a girl for twelve, during which time an unsoma -- notable event -- would occur which should indicate what Moneto wished the child to be called. But this time the sign had been given at the very moment of birth, and this was of great importance. Both Pucksinwah and Methotasa knew there could be no other name for this boy that The-Panther-Passing-Across.

Thus was born and named the Shawnee Indian known as Tecumseh.


Sunday, April 13, 1788

"Little brother," Chiksika had said yesterday,placing his had on Tecumseh's shoulder,, "what I say now will come to be. Just as our father knew that he should die in that battle with the Shemanese where the Kanawha and Spay-lay-wi-theepi meet, so I know that I will die tomorrow during the midst of our little battle. When the sun is at its highest, then will a bullet from the whites strike me here," he placed a finger to his forehead midway between his eyes, "and my life will be ended. But do not let them falter. Lead them on with an attack at once, and they will emerge victorious."

And now, as they rode toward the frail fortification behind which the whites lay, a devastating sorrow drained Tecumseh of strength and will as he followed Chiksika wordlessly toward the destiny his older brother had predicted.

Tecumseh wished he could disbelieve his 31-year-old brother's prediction, but he could not. How many times in the past had Chiksika predicted exactly what would happen and when? Too many times to count. Even on the trip south they had laughed together when Chiksika had told Tecumseh that though he was a better hunter than himself or any other of the dozen Kispokotha warriors with them, in three days he would fall from his horse and break his hip as he attempted to down a buffalo. But it had happened just as he said. Two months ago, they had charged a small herd and Tecumseh had thundered up beside the largest bull, prepared to strike, when the animal's shoulder had bumped his horse, throwing it off stride. The horse had slipped and fallen, throwing Tecumseh from its back, and he had lain there filled with admiration for Chiksika's prophetic ability, even as the waves of pain from the broken hip throbbed through him.

And then, last night Chiksika had told Tecumseh of his presentiment, and abruptly the world had become cold and hard and alien. So sorrowful at Chiksika's prediction was he that Tecumseh scarcely heard his older brother's further prediction.

"Tecumseh," he said, "you must carry on for our people and become for them a leader. You will do this, I know. I have looked ahead and seen you not only as a leader of the Shawnees, but as the greatest and most powerful chief any tribe has ever known. I have seen you journey to far lands and I have watched you bring together under your hand a confederation of Indian nations such as has never before been known."

But Tecumseh fond little comfort in the words. His own mind was filled with words that would never be spoken and his heart with a pain that would never be eased. He vowed to stay by his brother's side during the engagement.

The fight began late in the forenoon, and it was a hot one, the whites defending their little stronghold with unexpected tenacity. Only gradually were the settlers picked off and the Indians able to slowly advance. The Cherokee chief three times led a charge, and three times had been forced to retire, but each time less emphatically than the last. Now, out of effective rifle range, he stood high and called his tribesmen and Shawnee friends to rally behind him for a final charge that would bring them victory.

Chiksika unexpectedly placed his had over Tecumseh's and squeezed it. He pointed to a hickory sapling, its branches bare but for swelling buds. It stood arrow straight in the ground and the sun made the shadows of the branches a spiderwork pattern on the ground about the trunk, but there was little trunk shadow, for the sun was at its zenith.

"Happy am I," Chiksika said softly, "to fall in battle and not die in a wegiwa like an old squaw."

He and his younger brother then joined the Cherokee chief and suddenly, even before the sound of the distant shot came, there was a heavy thunking sound and Tecumseh whirled to see Chiksika just beginning to topple sideways, a hole nearly the diameter of his thumb between his brother's eyes in the middle of his forehead. Tecumseh leaped forward and caught him and gently lowered him to the ground. As he did so, the Cherokee chief exhorted his men to charge the whites, but they were shocked at the bullet having traveled so incredibly far and so accurately to kill their northern ally and considered it a bad sign. Even though Tecumseh begged them to charge again, telling them that Chiksika had said they would win and that he would lead them beside their chief, they refused to fight more.

As the entire party withdrew, Tecumseh's shoulders slumped far more with the weight of sorrow than with the weight of his brother's body in his arms.



Part Two: Confederacy & Prophecy


Wednesday, August 11, 1802

Each time Tecumseh addressed one of these councils, he felt a great exaltation as he saw how his words caught and held his listeners; how easily, with the proper turn of a phrase, he could stir in them emotions of anger and hate, love and pleasure, regret and sorrow. Each time he began to speak, he was never really sure exactly what he would say, but then the words came to him, rolling fluently from his tongue and never failing to stir deeply all who listened.

He was much pleased with the way things had gone thus far. All during spring, summer and fall of last year he had gone from village to village, journeying as far eastward as western Vermont and Massachusetts. This past spring, as soon as he had concluded the laughable treaty with the cut-ta-ho-tha, he had ranged across upper and western New York State and northwestern Pennsylvania. All of the remaining Iroquois Confederacy had been deeply inspired by the plan, and they looked upon the speaker with something very akin to reverence. They had pledged their faith and their secrecy and, most important, their help when the great sign should be given.

This great sign that Tecumseh spoke of wherever he went always remained the same, and his telling of it never failed to awe his audiences. When the period of waiting was over, he told them, when tribal unification had been completed, when all was in readiness, then would this sign be given: in the midst of the night the earth beneath would tremble and roar for a long period. Jugs would break, though there be no one near to touch them. Great trees would fall, though the air be windless. Streams would change their courses to run backwards, and lakes would be swallowed up into the earth and other lakes suddenly appear. The bones of every man would tremble with the trembling of the ground, and they would not mistake it. No! There was not anything to compare with it in their lives, nor in the lives of their fathers or the fathers before them since time began; when this sign came, they were to drop their mattocks and flash scrapers, leave their fields and their hunting camps and their villages, and join together and move to assemble across the lake river from the fort of Detroit. And on that day they would no longer be Mohawks or Senecas, Oneidas or Onondagas, or any other tribe. They would be Indians! One people united forever where the good of one would henceforth become the good of all!

So it would be!


Sunday, December 1809

The watchword of the year was suspicion. Everyone, it seemed, was suspicious of something.

Despite all the suspicions in the air, the year closed without open hostilities erupting anywhere. The United States, under its new President, James Madison, continued to be suspicious of the British. William Henry Harrison continued to be suspicious of Tecumseh and the Prophet. Many of the Indian chiefs continued to be suspicious of the amalgamation of the tribes. Tecumseh continued to be suspicious of the growing insubordination of his brother, Tenskwatawa, the Prophet. The settlers continued to be suspicious of all Indians. And Tenskwatawa continued to be suspicious of everything and everybody.

The Prophet's work in helping to unite the tribes behind Tecumseh's movement was, on the whole, a big disappointment to Tecumseh. These tribes -- the Delawares, Miamis, Wyandots, and, in particular, the Shawnees -- must be convinced to join. Without their active support, the entire grand plan might collapse. Yet, instead of uniting them, Tenskwatawa had succeeded only in alarming them and driving them away with talk of immediate attack on Vincennes and the river settlements, and by his suggestions that the Great Spirit would destroy any who did not join in to help. It was a maddening development and, before he set out again to visit each of these chiefs, Tecumseh held long conferences with his younger brother and gave him strict orders to follow.

Tenskwatawa was to begin immediately to regain some of the prestige he had lost during the year. He would retire alone to the woods and there make a large number of sacred slabs which he was to tell the assembled Indians he had made under the direction of the Great Spirit. The directions for their construction was specific.

Each slab was to be of the same length, thickness and taper, and each was to have carved , on one side only, the same symbols. The slabs were to be made of red cedar and each was to be accompanied by a bundle of thin red sticks. Each of the red sticks was to represent one moon, and, when the bundle and slab was given to a particular chief, he would be directed to throw away one of the red sticks at each full moon until only the slab itself remained, at which time he must prepare for the great sign to be given.

The symbols on the slab were to have a double meaning -- one to tell any curious whites who might see them, the other to be the true meaning. For the whites, these were to be described as heaven sticks -- symbols which would guide them to the happy Afterlife. The symbols, reading from bottom to top, were family, which was the most important single factor in everyday Indian life, the earth upon which they lived, followed by the principal features of the earth: water, lightning, trees, the four corners of the earth, corn, fowl and animals of the earth and air, all plant life, the sun, the blue sky and all of these things having to be experienced and understood before the people could reach the uppermost symbol, Heaven.

The actual meaning of the symbolism, however, was considerable different and much more menacing. It was for all the Indians on both sides of the Mississippi River -- to come in a straight direction toward Detroit at lightning speed with their weapons; coming from the four corners of the earth, leaving behind the tending of the corn or hunting of game or storing of grains to become united when the great sign was given so that all the tribes might, in one movement, by peaceable means if possible, but by warfare if necessary, take over the place of the whites which had been usurped from them.


Wednesday, August 28, 1811

To each of the southern tribes he visited, Tecumseh presented a sacred slab, along with a bundle of the red sticks. But where once these stick bundles had been large, now they were unusually small. The one he had given the Cherokees a few weeks ago when they had agreed to assemble under his leadership had only four sticks. And when, three days ago, he had concluded his talks with the Seminoles, their bundle had contained only three sticks.

Everywhere he went he was listened to eagerly. His fame had spread far; few indeed were those who could not relate exploits of the great Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, or who failed to be impressed deeply by the scope of his amalgamation. Thus, they readily pledged themselves to join him when the great sign came. Along with the Cherokees and Seminoles and Lower Creeks, there were the smaller and more scattered tribes -- the Santee and Calusas and Catawbas and the slightly larger Choctaws and Biloxis, the Chickasaws and the Alabamas.

Occasionally one or another of the tribes would require a show of proof from Tecumseh -- some small sign to show that he was, indeed, under the auspices of the Great Spirit. In most cases, minor prophecies sufficed, such as in the case of the Seminoles. When they had hesitated to join him, he told them that in two days there would come to Florida's coast an ocean vessel which would be filled with arms and supplies for the Seminoles. They assembled at the point he indicated, and at dawn on the given day, they discovered a British ship at anchor in the bay and its smaller boats coming ashore laden with gifts of guns and powder and tomahawks, cloth and jewelry and foodstuffs. There was no further hesitancy among the Seminoles to join Tecumseh.

Now the great Shawnee leader was beginning his swing northwestward through the Alabama country to seek the important alliance formation with the powerful Upper Creek nation. From there he would move west, heading into the Mississippi land and Louisiana, then again northward on the west side of the mother of rivers to Missouri again. And along the way, he would stop to win over the Natchez and Yazoo, the Tawakonias and Caddos and others.

But first the Upper Creeks. Big Warrior, principal chief of the Upper Creeks, listened with a disapproving frown as Tecumseh told his people of his great plan, its near culmination and the part he wished them to play in it. There could be no doubt of his jealousy of this Shawnee who could come from hundreds of miles away and sway his people so swiftly with his reputation and his elocution. Great numbers of the Upper Creeks had come to this village Tuckabatchee located on the Tallapoosa River to hear the chief; but no matter how earnestly and convincingly Tecumseh spoke, Big Warrior refused to pledge his people. Sensing his jealousy, Tecumseh became scornful. He looked first at the large crowd, and then he swung his gaze to Big Warrior.

"Your blood is white!" he said. "You have taken my talk and the sticks and the wampum and the hatchet, but you do not mean to fight. I know the reason. You do not believe the Great Spirit has sent me. You shall know. I leave Tuckabatchee directly and shall go to Detroit. When I arrive there, I will stamp on the ground with my foot, and shake down every house in Tuckabatchee!"

Impressed in spite of himself, Big Warrior thereupon agreed to come and join the amalgamation -- if and when the houses of Tuckabatchee all fell down. Tecumseh nodded. The Upper Creeks would come. What now could stop this mighty force he had joined together?



Part Three: The Prophecy Fulfilled


Sunday, November 10, 1811

All of the tribes, Tecumseh told these followers, had received bundles of red stick. All had but one of those sticks left. In six days a preliminary sign would be given to the tribes. It would be a sign under which he had been born and named. A great star would flash across the heavens and this would indicate that Tecumseh was still guided by the hand of the Great Spirit. The sign would be clearly visible to all the tribes, and when it came they were to take the last red stick and cut it into thirty equal pieces. Each day thereafter, one of these pieces was to be burned in the light of dawn. But the thirtieth piece was to be burned in the midst of the night, and when the last of these had been burned, then would come the great sign of which he had personally told them all. And when this sign came, all who believed in Tecumseh and in the future of the Indian nation would take up their weapons and strike out at once for the British fort that was called Malden, located on the north side of the head of the lakes that was called Erie.


Saturday, November 16, 1811

Under a crisp cloudless sky, the Indians crouched. No fires had been lighted, lest this drive away or interfere with the sign. There was no moon this night, and the stars twinkled with almost tangible brightness in their deep black background. With blankets held over their heads to hold back the bite of the cold air, the Indians waited. In southern Canada, from the great falls of the Niagara to the great Lake-of-the-Woods, they watched. In western New York and Pennsylvania, they watched. In Ohio and the Indiana Territory and in the land that pushed north between the two great lakes and in the land to the west of the lakes, they watched. Along the Mississippi and Missouri, and even farther west, they watched. In the Tennessee and Alabama and Mississippi country, they watched. And the principal chief of each tribe held in his hand the final red stick of his bundle.

Just before the midpoint of the night it came -- a great searing flash from out of the southwest; incredibly bright with a weird greenish-white light, incredibly swift, incredibly awe-inspiring. And the heads of a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand Indians swiveled to watch its fiery progress across the heavens until it disappeared in the northeast. And they were deeply moved by it.

Many of the chiefs broke their sticks over their knees and threw them away and rid their fear in anger. But there were some who retired to their wegiwas or teepees or hogans, lay the red stick upon the ground before the fire, and carefully measured, marked it off with a bit of charcoal, and cut it into thirty equal lengths.

And then they waited.


Monday, December 16, 1811

At 2:30 A.M. the earth shook.

In the south of Canada, in the villages of the Iroquois, Ottawa, Chippewa and Huron, it came as a deep and terrifying rumble. Creek banks caved in and huge trees toppled in a continuous crash of snapping branches.

In all of the Great Lakes, but especially Lake Michigan and Lake Erie, the waters danced and great waves broke erratically on the shores, though there was no wind.

In the western plains, there was a fierce grinding sound and a shuddering, which jarred the bones and set teeth on edge. Earthen vessels split apart and great herds of bison staggered to their feet and stampeded in abject panic.

To the south and west, tremendous boulders broke loose on hills and cut swaths through the trees and brush to the bottoms. Rapidly running streams stopped and eddied, and some of them abruptly went dry and the fish that had lived in them flopped away their lives on the muddy or rocky beds.

To the south, whole forests fell in incredible tangles. New streams sprang up where none had been before. In the Upper Creek village of Tuckabatchee, every dwelling shuddered and shook, and then collapsed upon itself and its inhabitants.

To the south and east, palm trees lashed about like whips, and lakes emptied of their waters, while ponds appeared in huge declivities which suddenly dented the surface of the earth.

All over the land, birds were roused from their roosting places with scream of fright and flapping wings. Cattle bellowed and kicked, lost their footing, and were thrown to the ground where they rolled about, unable to regain their balance.

In Kentucky, Tennessee and the Indiana Territory, settlers were thrown from their beds, heard the timbers of their cabins wrench apart, and watched the bricks crumble into heaps of debris masked in choking clouds of dust. Bridges snapped and tumbled into rivers and creeks. Glass shattered, fences and barns collapsed and fires broke out. Along steep ravines, the cliffside slipped and filled their chasms, and the country was blanketing with a deafening roar.

In the center of all this, in that area where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi, where Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois come together, fantastic splits appeared in the ground and huge tracts of land were swallowed up. A few miles from the Mississippi, near the Kentucky-Tennessee border, a monstrous section of ground sank as if some gigantic foot had stepped on the soft earth and mashed it down. Water gushed forth in fantastic volume and the depression became filled and turned into a large lake, to become known as Reelfoot Lake. The whole midsection of the Mississippi writhed and heaved and tremendous bluffs toppled into the muddy waters. Entire sections of land were inundated, and others that had been riverbed were left high in the air. The Mississippi itself turned and flowed backwards for a time. It swirled and eddied, hissed and gurgled, and at length, when it settled down, the face of the land had changed. New Madrid was destroyed and the tens of thousands of acres of land, including virtually all that was owned by Simon Kenton, vanished forever; that which remained was ugly and austere.

Such was the great sign of Tecumseh.

This was the earthquake which occurred where no tremor had ever been recorded before; where there was no scientific explanation for such a thing happening; where no one cold possibly have anticipated or predicted that an earthquake could happen. No one except Tecumseh.

And though they were only a small percentage of those who had pledged themselves to do so, nevertheless quite a number of warriors of various tribes gathered up their weapons and set out at once to join the amazing Shawnee chief near Detroit.


Wednesday, April 1, 1812

The earthquake of December 16 was only a starter. It lasted, intermittently, for two terror-filled days; and at the end of that time, the atmosphere was so choked with dust and smoke that for a week afterwards the sun shone sickly reddish-bronze through an ugly haze.

The second earthquake struck on January 23, and the third hit four days later. And finally, on February 13, came the last and worst of them -- a hideous grinding and snapping which last for only an hour, but caused about as much damage as the other three combined.

This was powerful medicine -- more powerful than the Indians had ever seen. Those who had deserted Tecumseh now began to reconsider. Although most were in no hurry to rejoin the Shawnee chief, the inclination was there; if, as Tecumseh had predicted, there would be war with the whites, why not make the most of it right where they were?

And so began the hostilities.



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