The following conditions can also sometimes cause heart palpitations: 1  an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) â where the thyroid gland produces too much of the thyroid hormones. 2  a low blood sugar level (hypoglycaemia) â this is most commonly associated with diabetes. 3  anaemia â a reduced number of red blood cells.
Colonel Crawford was captured by the Indians after the battle, and seven days later he was tortured and burned at the stake on the banks of Tymochtee Creek in present-day northeastern Wyandot County. As the centenary of the burning approached, a movement arose to commemorate Crawford's death with a monument.
There is a very persistent story that Thomas Jefferson personally executed someone on the White House lawn for treason; some sites name the prisoner as a Rodney Cox from North Carolina.[1] We have no evidence that this event ever occurred: no such thing is ever mentioned in Jefferson's papers, or contemporary newspaper accounts.