The Shawnee Leader Who Almost Built A Native American Nation — And Why His Plan Was The Last Real Chance
They burned it.
The physical center of the confederacy — the community that had embodied the vision of pan-Indian unity, the council house, the homes, the food stores — went up in flames on the morning of November 8, 1811.
The Battle of Tippecanoe was not, in military terms, a decisive American victory.
Harrison’s force sustained significant casualties and was in no condition for further operations.
The confederacy’s warriors had not been annihilated; they dispersed but remained largely intact.
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