Report of engagement with Indians vicinity Miami village
Document 1790Harmar reports that he marched 320 Federal troops and 1453 militia. His forces made it to the Miami village. He found it abandoned. Upon engagement, his forces suffered heavy losses, about 180. But the headquarters of iniquity were broken up. Estimates 100-120 slain warriors, 300 log houses burned, 20,000 bushels of corn destroyed. Laments loss of Major Wyllys and Lieutenant Frothingham of the Federal troops. Speaks very highly of Lieutenant Denny; asks that he be assigned as his aide-de-camp.
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Harmar reports that he marched 320 Federal troops and 1453 militia. His forces made it to the Miami village. He found it abandoned. Upon engagement, his forces suffered heavy losses, about 180. But the headquarters of iniquity were broken up. Estimates 100-120 slain warriors, 300 log houses burned, 20,000 bushels of corn destroyed. Laments loss of Major Wyllys and Lieutenant Frothingham of the Federal troops. Speaks very highly of Lieutenant Denny; asks that he be assigned as his aide-de-camp.
Date
11/04/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Collection
Document number
1790110440000
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Josiah Harmar
Little Turtle
federal troops
militia
Miami
Indians
Indian Nation
warriors
dead
Wyllys
Frothingham
Denny
aide-de-camp
adjutant
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Head Quarters
frontier
territory
log house
wigwam
Miami village
Notable items
vegetable
corn
bushel
subsistence
rations
supplies
provisions