Missouri was at the western frontier during the War of 1812, and no major battles took place in the territory between British forces and Americans during the war.Meyer (1982), 132. However, in the year leading up to open conflict and after the declaration of war, several skirmishes broke out between indigenous peoples and frontier settlers.Meyer (1982), 129. In 1811, Indiana Territorial Governor Harrison led an early attack on the forces of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe, provoking fighting between tribes east of the Mississippi and American settlers there. Few tribes in Missouri itself fought against the settlers before or during the War of 1812,Meyer (1982), 130. but Missouri settlers suffered from several raids by Sac and Fox groups that invaded from Illinois.The main tribal combatants included the Sac and the Fox, although parties of the Miami and the Potawatomie also took part in the fighting. Meyer (1982), 131.
Missouri was at the western frontier during the War of 1812, and no major battles took place in the territory between British forces and Americans during the war.Meyer (1982), 132. However, in the year leading up to open conflict and after the declaration of war, several skirmishes broke out between indigenous peoples and frontier settlers.Meyer (1982), 129. In 1811, Indiana Territorial Governor Harrison led an early attack on the forces of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe, provoking fighting between tribes east of the Mississippi and American settlers there. Few tribes in Missouri itself fought against the settlers before or during the War of 1812,Meyer (1982), 130 but Missouri settlers suffered from several raids by Sac and Fox groups that invaded from Illinois.The main tribal combatants included the Sac and the Fox, although parties of the Miami and the Potawatomie also took part in the fighting. Meyer (1982), 131.