Dispatch from General Wayne
Document 1794Incloses returns of the legion, an invoice of stores and medicine needed, and an estimate of . The medical stores are almost empty due to the large number of sick and wounded. Details the current state of the troops and garrisons under his command; he does not think it is feasible to retain the corps. Also describes an attempted exchange of prisoners involving a Canadian trader and some of the Indian tribes.
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Type
Printed or published letter
Description
Incloses returns of the legion, an invoice of stores and medicine needed, and an estimate of . The medical stores are almost empty due to the large number of sick and wounded. Details the current state of the troops and garrisons under his command; he does not think it is feasible to retain the corps. Also describes an attempted exchange of prisoners involving a Canadian trader and some of the Indian tribes.
Date
10/17/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Miami Villages
Collection
Document number
1794101753500
Note
Cited in Knox to Lear, 12/16/1794, and Wayne to Knox, 11/12/1794. Enclosed in Knox to U.S. Congress, 12/17/1794.
Published in the American State Papers, Vol. 2, 524-526. This publication is available online from the Library of Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html)
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
sick
mounted volunteers
wounded
Quartermaster General
James O'Hara
Major Burbeck
Ordnance Department
Robert Elliott, acting contractor
Indians
contractors
Major General Scott
Captain Edward Butler
House of Representatives
Congress
hostile Indians
Canadian prisoner
American prisoners
Indians
Governor John Graves Simcoe
Colonel McKee
Captain Brandt
hostile chiefs
British Agents
deserters
Indian trader
Mohawks
Messasagnes
Blue Jacket
Backongelies
Little Turtle
Captain Jonny
Delaware
Miami
Shawanese
Tawas
Pattawatamies
Notable locations
Miami Villages
Fort Washington
Fort Hamilton
Chillicothe
Picque town
Miami River
Ohio River
Lormie's Stores
Tawa town
Au Glaize
Grand Glaize
Kentucky
Western posts
Detroit River
Swan Creek
Lake Erie
Notable items
return of the legion
invoice
stores
medicine
temporary supply of medical stores
death
expense
ports
transportation of supplies
carriage of dead or heavy articles
discharge
conduct
expiration of enlistments
protection
bill
estimate
mistaken policy
bad economy
pay
ration
flag
narrative
tampering
treaty of peace
draughts
drafts
enclosures
bounty
stand of arms
clothing
subsistence
balance
policy
treaty
British magazines