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Battle of Tippecanoe

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Two centuries later, Battle of Tippecanoe and service of veterans isn't forgotten

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200th Anniversary of Battle of Tippecanoe

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The Purdue Exponent-Battle of Tippecanoe 200th Anniversary Commemoration

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History in a Nutshell: The Battle of Tippecanoe

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The Battle of Tippecanoe

The Battle of Tippecanoe 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 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.