Identifier: michiganhistoric20mich_0 (find matches)
Title: Michigan historical collections
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Michigan Historical Commission cn Michigan State Historical Society. cn Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. Pioneer collections Pioneer and Historical Society of the State of Michigan. Pioneer collections Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Historical collections Michigan State Historical Society. Michigan historical collections cn
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Publisher: Lansing
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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mp;a rapid pursuit took place for about a mile where the Indians dis-covered the whole of the American Army Posted to whom they gaveBattle retiring slowly before them, during this period, the Wyandotsand Ottawas who were on the Bight were warmly engaged by theAmericans left consisting of both Cavalry and infantry who outflankedand infiladed the Indians untill they retreated, the whole line of theIndians then retired below the Fort imagining their loss to be muchgreater than it since appears to have been having seen several of theirprincipal Chiefs fall; the greatest loss they have sustained is in theirleaders, they halted that night at Swan Creek about six miles below &were not pursued, there were never more than 400 Indians engagedduring the whole day, and these stood the shock of a great part oftheir army for upwards of two hours and lost in the whole but 19 menamong whom are to be much lamented 8 principal Chiefs of theWyandots & two of the Ottawas besides two more wounded.
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372 INDIAN AFFAIRS. By the reports of several deserters and a survey of the field of action(for they did not even bury but few of their dead) it appears theAmericans lost between 3 & 400 killed & wounded and a great manyhorses—The opperations of the garrison I must leave to be detailed bythose whose duty it is, but I must observe to you that all the storehouses, my own House with many things that could not be removedwere burnt by a Party of General Waynes army within sight of thegarrison. ■ I hope soon to have the pleasure of seeing you—At presentI am waiting untill the Indians whose Corn fields & Tillages are totallydestroyed shall determine where they and their families will set them-selves down it being a matter of the highest importance to the Interestof Great Britain to prevent if possible their Emigrating to the South-ern & Western parts of the Continent they seemingly now have lostall hopes of the interferance of government. Some Letters passed between Maj

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