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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 360 km (225 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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Examples
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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
History of the United States Mary Ritter Beard 1917
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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
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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Along a stream called Tippecanoe, Harrison had clashed with the Shawnees and had ended the day holding the field.
This Week News Feed 2010
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Along a stream called Tippecanoe, Harrison had clashed with the Shawnees and had ended the day holding the field.
This Week News Feed 2010
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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.
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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Harrison, grandson of "Tippecanoe," suddenly forged ahead and received the nomination.
The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics Henry Jones Ford 1888
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"Tippecanoe" was the best possible authority for their courage.
The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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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 Walter R. Nursey 1887
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The Whig party came into power on March 4, 1841, with "Tippecanoe" for
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Frank Preston Stearns 1881
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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
History of the United States, Volume 2 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880
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