The Indian gallery features a Rembrandt Peale portrait (c. 1813) of future U.S. President William Henry Harrison, who defeated Tecumseh at Thames, as well as a buckskin jacket worn by Hillis Hadjo, leader of the Red Sticks (Batons Rouge), who were defeated by another future U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814.

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The party's manifesto for the European Parliament elections sticks to the usual bromides about reforming the common agricultural policy and cutting red tape.

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He made one drink from the red flowers of the sorrel plant, which grows throughout the Caribbean, along with ginger, cinnamon sticks, ground cinnamon, whole cloves, brown sugar and rum.

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In Chile, navegado is made by first caramelizing sugar in the bottom of a pot, adding a box of cheap red wine (even boxed wine in Chile is tasty), and then simmering it with some cinnamon sticks, cloves and orange slices.

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