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What does tippecanoe mean?

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Tippecanoe is a nickname that ninth U.S. President William Henry Harrison got after he, as Governor of the Indiana Territory, and 1000 troops defeated an army of Shawnee Native Americans near the juncture of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers in 1811.

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Tippecanoe was the site of a major battle with the Indians that was won by Harrison. Tyler was his running mate, John Tyler.


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