THE START AND DATES OF THE BATTLE

• Battle of Tippecanoe The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American .

THE TOTAL NATIVE AMERICANS PRESENT

• The white settlers of the Indiana territory were disturbed by the increasing activities and power of Tecumseh's followers. In the late summer of 1811, the governor of the territory, Gen. William Henry Harrison, organized a small army of 1,000 men, hoping to destroy the town while Tecumseh was on a southern recruitment drive.

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