Harmar Campaign begins

Brigadier General Josiah Harmar of the US Army marched with his forces in an attempt to attack Miami forces in northwestern Ohio. The Miami people's center was at a Kekionga near modern day Fort Wayne Indiana. The Miami had early warning of the forces and successfully evacuated their towns before the Army arrived. Their first actual engagement with fighters came October 19th when an Indian decoy lured some of his forces to a marshy area near the village of Miami leader Mihšihkinaahkwa (Little Turtle). There they were attacked and only 8 of the 30 regulars survived with most of the 140 militiamen fleeing as well. After returning to the rest of the forces at the camp, they tried to attack again on Oct 21st to discourage Native forces from attacking them as they retreated back out of Indian Country. This time they met with united forces of Shawnee, Miami, Lenape, Odawa, and Sauk warriors. Called "Harmar's defeat" by some, 180 American men were either killed or wounded including 14 officers. This was the worst defeat suffered by the US Army until St. Clairs defeat shortly thereafter. It also created the opposite of his intended pacification effect, as raids on settlers greatly increased because the Native peoples who's towns and crops he had destroyed needed to gather new supplies for winter. The war would continue for four more years.