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Tecumseh's War: American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
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Tecumseh's War
1810–1813 conflict between the US and Tecumseh's Confederacy
Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion was a conflict between the United States and Tecumseh's confederacy, led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in the Indiana Territory. Although the war is often considered to have climaxed with William Henry Harrison's victory at the Battle of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William Henry Harrison
President of the United States in 1841
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Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tecumseh
Shawnee Native American military leader (1768-1813)
Tecumseh ( tih-KUM-sə, -see; was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tecumseh's confederacy
19th-century Native American confederation
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Battle of Tippecanoe
1811 battle of Tecumseh's War
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Battle Ground, Indiana
Town in Indiana, US
Battle Ground is a town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,334 at the 2010 census. It is near the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)