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Biography of By Ralph Naveaux
Walk-in-the-Water (Myeerah) was a leader of the Brownstown Wyandot who offered his services to the Americans at the start of the War of 1812. Following government policy, General Hull rejected the offer, telling the Wyandots to stay out of the fight or face the consequences. Tecumseh and the British soon forced Walk-in-the-Water and his people to relocate to Amherstburg, where they became allies of the British. He fought at Monguagon, Detroit, and the River Raisin. When Procter evacuated the area in the fall of 1813, Walk-in-the-Water broke away and sued for a separate peace with the Americans. In 1815, Walk-in-the-Water signed the Treaty of Springwells. He died in 1817. |