Bowman led the attack by Kentukians while the village warriors were visiting Picawey, a day's march away. During the attack Assatakama, a nearly one hundred year old conjurer, quickly developed a plan that about 25 old men and 15 boys carried out. The Indians successfully defended their village, recapture most of the stolen houses and goods, and pushed Bowman out of the Ohio valley. The Indians had little loss of life, but the defeat caused the US congress to organize better prepared armies to invade Ohio. Black and white sketches of the 1779 battle for Chillicothy tell the story.
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My portraits are of friends and people I admire. However, their friend or family members are taken into confidence so background information and reference photographs can be gathered. In the case of the General, only his staff knew the work was underway. It took over a month to gather from West Point his cadet photograph and details of his class ring, the advertisement of the Hawaiian beach condominium building where he and his wife owned an appartment, and to build the models of the aircraft he flew. This site is home for Webmaster Ohio USA .