[A general estimate of the expenses which would be incurred by an expedition against the Wabash Indians. . .]

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Description

A general estimate of the expenses which would be incurred by an expedition against the Wabash Indians, calculated upon a scale of twelve hundred regulars and twelve hundred levies. The period of the expedition four months. And also the amount of the expenses, for one year, of the proposed augmentation of the regular troops.

Date

1790

Author

Collection

Document number

1790999900100

Notable persons

Henry Knox
Wabash
Indians
Indian Nation
hostiles
regulars
levies
troops
aide-de-camp
captain
Quartermaster

Notable locations

frontier
territory
Indian Country
Ohio
river
post
Miami

Notable items

rations
expenses
cannon
stores
medicine
hospital stores
contingencies
pay
subsistence
forage
boat
horse
tent
money