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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001

Ed.Note: Liz Smith's comments regarding Tecumseh have since been removed from her October 17 column. The text below represents the pre-edited version.

"THERE WERE terrorists on American soil during the War of 1812, in case you care.

That war was against American Indians as well as the British. Tecumseh was considered a bloodthirsty Shawnee and, given guns by the British, he and his tribes created a guerrilla war of terror against encroaching settlers. In Tennessee, he became the most terrifying ally the British could have found. Hundreds of men, women and children died in a most bloodcurdling manner. New York and Boston looked on aghast but couldn't do much about it.

It took Andrew Jackson to wage his own war of terror right back to help free the fledgling nation from both the British and from its native inhabitants. . ."

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