Report on military engagement with Indians on the Miami and St. Joseph Rivers
Document 1790Reports on the success of General Harmar at the Indian towns on the Miami and St. Joseph Rivers. Estimates 200 Indian dead. Some fear Ensign Britt may have been killed or captured. Mentions that Major Wyllys, Lieutenant Frothingham, Major Fontaine, Captain McMurtry, and Captain Scott, a son of General Scott, among the slain.
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Description
Reports on the success of General Harmar at the Indian towns on the Miami and St. Joseph Rivers. Estimates 200 Indian dead. Some fear Ensign Britt may have been killed or captured. Mentions that Major Wyllys, Lieutenant Frothingham, Major Fontaine, Captain McMurtry, and Captain Scott, a son of General Scott, among the slain.
Date
10/29/1790
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1790102951800
Note
Cited in St. Clair to Knox, 11/06/1790.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
Mr Britt
Hamilton Armstrong
Josiah Harmar
Indians
Indian Nation
Wylls
Frothingham
Fontaine
McMurtry
Scott
son
dead
Britt
Hamilton Armstrong
militia
woodsman
Indian Nation
volunteer
detachments
Notable locations
Fort Washington
frontier
territory
Miami
St. Joseph's
river