GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE’S EXPEDITION INTO THE INDIAN COUNTRY
Prepared by the staff of the
Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
1953
One of a historical series, this pamphlet is published under the directionof the governing Boards of the Public Library of Fort Wayne andAllen County.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL CITY OF FORT WAYNE
- B. F. Geyer, President
- Joseph E. Kramer, Secretary
- W. Page Yarnelle, Treasurer
- Willard Shambaugh
- Mrs. Sadie Fulk Roehrs
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD FOR ALLEN COUNTY
The members of this Board include the members of the Board ofTrustees of the School City of Fort Wayne (with the same officers), togetherwith the following citizens chosen from Allen County outside the corporatecity of Fort Wayne:
- James E. Graham
- Arthur Niemeier
- Mrs. Glenn Henderson
- Mrs. Charles Reynolds
By the Treaty of Paris in 1783 ending the Revolutionary War GreatBritain ceded to the United States the territory lying between The Alleghanymountains and the Mississippi River. The British, however, continued tomaintain garrisons in strong forts within this area. Among the posts thusgarrisoned were Detroit, Presque Isle near Erie, and Fort Miamis nearToledo. From these vantage points the British continued to influence theIndians and incite them to attacks upon white settlers. Hundreds of familiesof frontiersmen were slain and their homes plundered.
When General Washington assumed the Presidency in 1789 he dispatchedGeneral Harmar at the head of an expedition to pacify the maraudingIndians. Little Turtle and his Indians bided their time. In a sneak attackthey utterly defeated the American forces near the Indian village of Kekiongawithin the limits of the present city of Fort Wayne. In 1791 a second andmore powerful American force under General Arthur St. Clair was defeatedby Little Turtle’s braves near the present town of Fort Recovery, Ohio.This overwhelming defeat cost the little American army most of its soldiersand nearly all of its officers. The frontier was then unguarded, and theAmerican Government for a time seemed impotent to protect its citizensagainst the Indians and their British and Canadian allies.
In this dire emergency, President Washington chose General AnthonyWayne to re-organize the American forces and to bring the Indians to terms.
LEGEND
Wayne’s journey fromPittsburg into the IndianCountry
- Pittsburg
- Legionville
- Ohio River
- Wheeling
- Marietta
- Gallipolis
- Scioto River
- Hobson’s Choice
- Cincinnati
- Ft. Hamilton
- Ft. St. Clair
- Ft. Jefferson
- Ft. Greenville
- Ft. Recovery
- St. Mary’s River
- Au Glaize River
- Ft. Defiance <