Kicking Horse (died 1757) was a chief of the Huron-Wyandot Confederacy during the French and Indian War. He commanded a regiment of Huron musketeers in the French Army, and was killed at the Battle of Dansville.
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Kicking Horse was born in the northern parts of the United States that were unexplored by European settlers, a member of the Huron-Wyandot Confederacy, and Kicking Horse became a chieftain of the tribe. Since his tribe was allied with the Kingdom of France, Kicking Horse was appointed as the commander of a regiment of Native infantry equipped with muskets in the French Army.
During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Kicking Horse led the Huron portion of the army of Colonel Joseph Delancy's army in the Algonquin Territory (present-day northern New York) in the Allegheny Mountains, and his warriors fought the British and Colonists at the Battle of Dansville in 1757. Kicking Horse's troops were mown down by musket fire from all sides and cannon fire from the front, and they were routed. Kicking Horse was shot in the back as he tried to flee.