The Coolidge examiner., 1934-08-31

began 10 set In General Wayne ordered the
army 20 hut for the winter. Fort Greenvllle
built. and there the expedition passed the
winter during which Wayne continued drilling
bis men.
Prom Fort GreenvlIle he sent a detachment
TO ST Clair's battlefield to bury TIE dead snd TO
build another fort 10 which given the sig.
nlacAnt name OF Fort Recovery
sklrmlshes during the spring brought heavy
losses on both sides. but they did not stop Gen.
eral wayne'a preparations 10 advance The Indl.
ans began 70 gather In force. and on July 30
a body % about ! 800 or 1000 met a detachment
of 80 men and officers near Fort Recovery. The
battle lasted all day. More than - officers and
men we're killed, but az length the attackers
withdrew In confusion.
on July q. preparations having been made.
the main advance began again. The long and
hard drill had transformed waynes men Into
veterans. In June the army had been REINFORCED
by 1.eoo mounted militia from Kentucky. Wayne
had also enlisted 4 force OF frontiersmen famil-
TAR with life ia the forest and trained in Indian
warfare TO be used as scouts In this Corps of
Spies" as Il was called were two brothers
named Miller. who had been captlves among the
Indians an experience which made their services
OF special value Stlll another was Capt VIII
liam Wells who had also been captive, had
been adopted by the Mamls. married a dauRh-
ter OF Chief Little Turtle and as "white Indian
had actually killed and scalped men Of his own
race al ST. CiAlr's defeat
General wayne's first encampmeni vas al stiil-
water. u miles from Greenville The second was
al "Indlan Encampment." near Fort Recovery.
The expedition then stopped long enough TO
build Fort Randolph. Another delay was caused
when falling tree struck and nearly killed Gen
eral Wayne August 3.
While the main body remained at the fort
which also known Fort ST. Mary and Cir
ty's Town. after Simon Girty. the notorious
/ white renegade, a detachment went down ST
Mary's river and built a post called Fort Adams
This move made 10 confuse the Indians
| Implying as Il did that Wayne intended 10 con
tlnue down the river. Instead. he proceeded
/ toward the Maumee.
deserter had warned the Indians OF his
1 approach and. unprepared to resist the savages
/ had deserted their villages and houses leaving
/ large fields OF standing corn. The army came tC
several large villages and for miles they passed
/ through the fields The troops were surprised
/ al the fertility OF the country and the industry
/ Of the Indians. none OF whom had remained II
any OF the villages settlements. IL was soor
made known. however. that they had congre
/ gated up stream In force 10 make a stand agains
the expedition. Apprised OF this situation anC
expecting the attack at any time. Mad Anthony
| steadily continued his advance.
/ AT the confluence OF the Maumee and Al
/ Glalze rivers he paused TO build Fort Dehanc'
Il on August g. At this place he also stopped L
! parley with the Indians, bearing In mind th'
/ desire OF the government TO make a peaceful
i settlement II possible Christopher Miller car
! rIed on negotiations, which ended when the In
dlans asked ten days 10 reach decision
# Wayne. suspicious OF the delay and having
reason TO believe that the Indians were onl!
waiting for re-enforcements and British aid, ha'
i already prepared for a further advance. Or
that day August l6, he went forward u miles
\ The next day he advanced another 10 miles. an'
on August 10 he commenced the erection on tn
banks OF the Maumee OF a fort which he cslle'
1 Camp Deposit This was built primarily for tn
protection OF his heavy baggage. with which h
i did not care to be encumbered when the battl
began.
From Camp Deposit a British fort For
Miami could be seen. This camp was com
manded by Mai william Campbell OF the Brit
ish army, and 1t was believed that Ii was
i ranying point for the Indians. Both the Indian