Surprise Attack at Tippecanoe: Beginning of the End of Tecumseh's Confederacy
Surprise Attack at Tippecanoe: Beginning of the End of Tecumseh's Confederacy William Henry Harrison led soldiers and frontiersmen to destroy the Indian confederacy organized by Shawnee leaders on Tippecanoe River. Here's What You Need to Know: Tecumseh's prestige, as well as all hopes for a grand Indian confederacy, had been shattered at Tippecanoe. For William Henry Harrison, the letter he received on October 12, 1811, constituted not only official orders, but something of a personal vindication as well. As the governor of Indian Territory, Harrison had been warning the War Department for ...