Harrison and Indiana militia defeat Indians at Battle of Prophetstown (Tippecanoe)

Category
War
Place
United States
Date
1811
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Prophetstown was the scene of the last major attempt to unify American Indian tribes to resist white expansion." [Davis: 100 Decisive Battles, p. 282] "The Battle of Tippecanoe (/ˌtɪpikəˈnuː/ TIP-ee-kə-NOO) was fought on November 7, 1811, in what is now Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (commonly known as "The Prophet") were leaders of a confederacy of Native Americans from various tribes that opposed US expansion into Native territory. As tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to disperse the confederacy's headquarters at Prophetstown, near the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers." [Wikipedia]

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Early Nation (U.S.)
1789
1849
United States