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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8316923, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1961 Battle of Tippecanoe</b></p><p><b>Heraldic Art Medal</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1472635[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472636[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tecumseh Comes to Vincennes</p><p><br /></p><p>Tecumseh travelled with a party of Native Americans to attempt to negotiate with Harrison.</p><p>Below, a heated dispute between U.S. President William Henry Harrison and Shawnee Indigenous leader Tecumseh.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472637[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought November 7, 1811, during Tecumseh&#039;s War. In the early 19th century, Native American tribes sought to oppose American expansion into the Old Northwest Territory. Led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, the Native Americans began to assemble a force to oppose the settlers. In an effort to prevent this, the Governor of the Indiana Territory, William Henry Harrison, marched out with a force of around 1,000 men to disperse Tecumseh&#039;s men.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472638[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As Tecumseh was away recruiting, command of the Native American forces fell to his brother Tenskwatawa. A spiritual leader known as &quot;The Prophet&quot;, he ordered his men to attack Harrison&#039;s army as it encamped along Burnett Creek.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472640[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In the resulting Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison&#039;s men were victorious and Tenskwatawa&#039;s forces were shattered. The defeat resulted in a severe setback for Tecumseh&#039;s efforts to unite the tribes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tecumseh remained an active threat until 1813 when he fell fighting against Harrison&#039;s army at the Battle of the Thames. On the larger stage, the Battle of Tippecanoe further fueled the tensions between Britain and the United States as many Americans blamed the British for inciting the tribes to violence. These tensions came to a head in June 1812 with the outbreak of the War of 1812.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472639[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Territorial Governor of Indiana 1801-1813 and also Indian commissioner.</p><p>He gained national fame for leading U.S. forces against Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. He earned the nickname &quot;Old Tippecanoe&quot;. He was promoted to Major general in the United States Army in the subsequent War of 1812.</p><p>His most notable action was in the Battle of the Thames in 1813.</p><p>This battle resulted in the death of Tecumseh and the dissolution of the Indian coalition which Tecumseh had led.</p><p>Congress awarded Harrison a gold medal for his services during the War of 1812.</p><p><br /></p><p>Harrison served the shortest term of any American president.</p><p>March 4 – April 4, 1841, 30 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes.</p><p>He died on Sunday, April 4, 1841. Harrison&#039;s doctor, Thomas Miller, diagnosed Harrison&#039;s cause of death as &quot;pneumonia of the lower lobe of the right lung&quot;.</p><p>A medical analysis made in 2014, based on Dr. Miller&#039;s notes and records of the White House water supply being downstream of public sewage, concluding that he likely died of septic shock due to enteric fever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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