The Nome daily nugget., 1935-02-09

began to set in. General Wayne ordered the army to "hut" for the winter. Fort Greenville was built, and there the expedition passed the winter, during which Wayne continued drilling his men.
 From Fort Greenville he sent a detachment to St. Clair's battlefield to bury the dead and to build another fort to which was given the sig nihcant name of Fort Recovery.
 Skirmishes during the spring brought heavy losses on both sides, but they did not stop Gen. eral Wayne's preparations to advance The Indi- ans began to gather in force, and on July 30 a body of about 1,5O0 or 2,000 met detachment of 150 men and officers near Fort Recovery. The battle lasted all day. More than 2 officers and men were killed, but at length the attackers withdrew in confusion
 On July 27, 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 re-enforced by 1900 mounted militia from Kentucky. Wayne had also enlisted force of frontiersmen famil- far with life in the forest and trained in Indian warfare to be used as scouts. In this Corps of Spies" as 1t was called, were two brothers named Miller, who had been captives among the Indians an experience which made their services of special value. Still another was Capt -Wil= liam Wells, who had also been a captive, had been adopted by the Miamis, married a daugh- ter of Chief Little Turtle and as "white Indian" had actually killed and scalped men of his own race at St. Ciairs defeat.
 General Wayne's first encampment was at Still water, 12 miles from Greenville. The second was at "Tndlan 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 on August 5.
 ho which was also known as Fort St. Mary and Cir tvs Town, after Simon Girty, the notorious white renegade, a detachment went down St. Mary's river and built post called Fort Adams This move was made to confuse the Indians, implying as 1t did that Wayne intended to con tinue down the river. Instead, he proceeded toward the Maumee.
 deserter had warned the Indians of his approach and, unprepared to resist, the savages had deserted their villages and houses, leaving large fields of standing corn. The army came to several large villages, and for miles they passed through the fields. The troops were surprised at the fertility of the country and the industry of the Indians, none of whom had remained in any of the villages or settlements. It was soon made known, however, that they had congre- gated up stream In force to make a stand against the expedition. Appraised of this situation and expecting the attack at any time, Mad Anthony steadily continued his advance.
 At the confluence of the Maumee and Au Glaize rivers he paused to build Fort Defiance on August g. At this place he also stopped to barley with the Indians, bearing In mind the desire of the government to make peaceful settlement if possible. Christopher Miller car ried on negotiations, which ended when the In- dians asked ten days to reach a decision.
 Wayne, suspicious of the delay and having reason to believe that the Indians were only waiting for re-enforcements and British aid had already prepared for further advance. On that day. August 16, he went forward IF miles. The next day he advanced another 10 miles. and on August 19 he commenced the erection on the banks of the Maumee of fort which he called Camp Deposit. This was built primarily for the protection of his heavy baggage. with which he did not care to be encumbered when the battle began.
 From Camp Deposit a British fort Vort Miami) could be seen This camp was com manded by Maj William Campbell of the Brit ish army, and 1t was believed that 1t was a rallying point for the Indians. Both the Indians