USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Tippecanoe, (November 7, 1811), victory of a seasoned U.S. expeditionary force under Major General William Henry Harrison over Shawnee Indians led by Tecumseh’s brother Laulewasikau (Tenskwatawa), known as the Prophet.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tecumseh was a Shawnee warrior chief who organized a Native American confederacy in an effort to create an autonomous Indian state and stop white settlement in the Northwest Territory (modern-day Great Lakes region).

Detailed explanation-3: -This battle became known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, which occurred north of present-day West Lafayette, Indiana. The American army drove off the American Indians and burned Prophetstown to the ground. Most natives no longer believed in the Prophet. Many returned to their own villages after the defeat.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tecumseh’s confederacy was a confederation of native Americans in the Great Lakes region of the United States that began to form in the early 19th century around the teaching of Tenskwatawa (The Prophet). The confederation grew over several years and came to include several thousand warriors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hoping to gain an advantage, Harrison launched a preemptive strike at the native headquarters at “Prophet’s Town, ” located on Tippecanoe Creek in present-day Indiana. But his targets sprang their own surprise: on November 6, 1811, they launched a predawn attack.