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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A river, about 274 km (170 mi) long, rising in northeast Indiana and flowing generally southwest to the Wabash River. Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnee in the Battle of Tippecanoe (1811).
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“Harrison, a son of a Virginia signer of the Declaration of Independence, sprang into public view by winning a battle more famous than important, "Tippecanoe" -- a brush with the”
“But just as the warwhoop of the West called Tippecanoe from his books and briefs to bullets and battles, so the daughter of the former”
“Along a stream called Tippecanoe, Harrison had clashed with the Shawnees and had ended the day holding the field.”
“But the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher publicly declares -- and he was in the state secrets as deeply as any layman -- that President-General Harrison, "Tippecanoe," was poisoned that Tyler might fulfil the plan to annex Texas as a slave State.”
“Harrison, grandson of "Tippecanoe," suddenly forged ahead and received the nomination.”
“Tippecanoe" was the best possible authority for their courage.”
The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776
“I have just learned that General Dearborn states that while 'Tippecanoe' Harrison invades Canada, at Detroit, with 7,000 men -- I do not think it necessary I should point out Detroit on the map, "he added with a smile --" and while a United States squadron -- not a”
The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812
“The Whig party came into power on March 4, 1841, with "Tippecanoe" for”
“In the new war against England, after Hull's pusillanimous surrender of Detroit, the West loudly and at length with success demanded "Tippecanoe" as commander for the army about to advance into”
“Indians and some whites interpreted the earthquake and comet as divine signals, perhaps initiated by Tecumseh after the Battle of Tippecanoe.”
The Huffington Post: Landon Jones: The New Madrid Earthquake: 200 Years Later
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