All the western states and territories . pecanoe, where, just before the gray of morning, , 1811, Gen. William Henry Harrison, then governor of the territory ofIndiana, at the head of 900 men, principally militia and volunteers, defeatedan equal body of Indians under the Prophet, Tenskwautawa, the brother ofTecumseh. The town of the Prophet. Kcth-tip-e-ca-mink, corrupted in mod-ern orthography, to Tippecanoe^ stood over a mile distant, on the Wabash: itextended along the stream from the site of Davis Ferry to the mouth ofthe Tippecanoe. Tecumseh was not present in the action, being absent
All the western states and territories . pecanoe, where, just before the gray of morning, , 1811, Gen. William Henry Harrison, then governor of the territory ofIndiana, at the head of 900 men, principally militia and volunteers, defeatedan equal body of Indians under the Prophet, Tenskwautawa, the brother ofTecumseh. The town of the Prophet. Kcth-tip-e-ca-mink, corrupted in mod-ern orthography, to Tippecanoe^ stood over a mile distant, on the Wabash: itextended along the stream from the site of Davis Ferry to the mouth ofthe Tippecanoe. Tecumseh was not present in the action, being absent atthe south amon; the Creeks and Semiuoles. to unite them with the northern INDIANA. Igj tribes in liis grand eonfeileracy against the whites. The subjoined narra-tive of the battle is from Drakes Tecumseh: On the 5th of November, ISll, Gov. Harrison, with about 900 effective troops,composed of 250 of the 4th regiment United States infantry, 130 vohmteers, and abody of militia, encamped within 10 miles of the Prophefs town. Ou the next.
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