Tippecanoe

[ tip-ee-kuh-noo ]

noun
  1. a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.

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How to use Tippecanoe in a sentence

  • Not an Indian was seen until November the sixth, when the troops were within eleven miles of Tippecanoe.

    Four American Indians | Edson L. Whitney
  • Late in October this army, commanded by Harrison in person, set forth for the destruction of the Tippecanoe rendezvous.

    The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
  • It was the glamour of Tippecanoe that three decades afterwards carried him into the President's chair.

    The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
  • To the British agent at Amherstburg he declared that had he been on the spot there would have been no fighting at Tippecanoe.

    The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
  • During the campaign of 1844, the Whigs held a gathering on the Tippecanoe battle ground.