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(48,971 posts) Thu Oct 20, 2022, 02:02 PM Oct 2022

What does Tippecanoe mean?

Googling it brings the battle of, township, president Harrison..

Is it an Indian word?

I just finished a mystery book: Death in Lacquer Red by Jeanne Dams, a prolific mystery writer.

This one take place in 1900 in South Bend and the heroine is a Swedish immigrant working as a servant for the Studebaker family at their home - the Tippecanoe Place.

Just curious

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What does Tippecanoe mean? (Original Post) question everything Oct 2022 OP

..... dhol82 Oct 2022 #1

Thank you. Indiana is not exactly adjacent to Miami.. or is there another Miami? question everything Oct 2022 #6

Miami, Ohio. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #7

All I remember is .... secondwind Oct 2022 #2

OK I looked it up, but it was William Henry Harrison's nickname Walleye Oct 2022 #3

It's an anglicized Indian word Abnredleg Oct 2022 #4

Thank you. Interesting question everything Oct 2022 #5

It's what happens to the canoe after a few beers on the lake Effete Snob Oct 2022 #8

I've tipped a rary, but never a canoe. n/t Harker Oct 2022 #9

Next time, try a rillo Effete Snob Oct 2022 #10

Thanks for the... Harker Oct 2022 #12

Here is what comes to mind for me: Chainfire Oct 2022 #11

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Thu Oct 20, 2022, 02:04 PM

Oct 2022

Tippecanoe is the anglicized word for a Miami Indian term meaning “place of the succor fish people” — because succor (also known as buffalo fish) were abundant in the waters in the area.