Battle of Tippecanoe

Through their spy network (Tecumseh and his twin brother Tenskwatawa) the United States knew that the Three Fires Confederation and their Delaware, Kickapoo, Miami, Shawnee and Wyandot allies, were organizing for another attempt to prevent the United States from taken their beloved land. This 1811 battle was the first battle of the War of 1812, an war which was ignited for only one reason, and that was to get the remaining Indian land in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, which was under Three Fires Confederation control. Although the United States was victorious in the Battle of Tippecanoe (Tenskwatawa gave the United States important Indian military plans of course) the Americans suffered far more casualties (188 with 62 killed). The number of warriors who participated in the Battle of Tippecanoe was another factor also. Less than 500 Indian warriors participated, which was about half the number of American soldiers who numbered around 1000. Tenskwatawa did not lead the Indian warriors in this battle, for an unknown Anishinabe leader did.