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<b>93. (BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS) </b>A great unsigned A.Ms. 9pp. 4to., ink inscribed by an unknown writer circa 1812, [n. p.] being a highly detailed account of General Anthony Wayne's Northwest Ohio Campaign and the battle of Fallen Timbers, in 1794, which resulted as a victory for the army, allowing for the Treaty of Greenville to take place which secured the territory of Ohio from local Indians and helped to permanently remove British forces from American territory. The account reads in part: "<i>...Recollections of General Wayne's campaign against northwestern Indians in 1793 & 4...the defeat of Gen'l St. Clair on the 4th Nov. 1791 induced Congress...to increase the army to five thousand men. To consist of four Regts of infantry. A squadron of cavalry. A battalion of artillery. Eight companies of Rifle men...thus organized they were styled sub Legions... Gen'l Wayne was appointed to the command...he established his headquarters at Pittsburg...by the 1st of Oct...about 1500 men...descended the Ohio...and...[camped] for the winter on the west bank. On the 1st May...the army embarked...to...below Cincinnati...the Genl was not able to open his campaign until the 24th Oct. 1793...an express from Fort Jefferson arrived with information of the defeat of the escort of wagons...and of the fall of Lt. Lowry and Ensign Boyd...a command was detached immediately...the Indians had retreated. Taking with them the horses...the dead 17 in number were buried...orders were issued suspending the advance...and Gen'l Wilkinson with eight hundred men was ordered to Cincinnati...orders were now issued to build huts for the winter...Gen'l. Wayne with a visible force now advanced to the...Wabash [River]...[and] on the spot where Gen'l. St. Clair had been defeated. He built Fort Recovery. While they were at work, he gave half a gill of whiskey for every skull that was found...more than 500 were collected and buried under one of the blockhouses...the Indians attacked his pack horse guard...as the firing was heard he mounted his horse...the major threw himself and troops upon the Indians, but the woods were too thick for the horses...[and] the major was instantly killed...& being pressed by five times their number they were compelled to retreat. At that moment Capt. Hartshorne arrived to meet his fate...and fell...Lt. Drake with...reinforcements from the fort...turned upon the Indians and fought gallantly until...Drake was badly wounded...they made for the fort closely followed by the Indians...a well directed fire from the fort checked the Indians....the 2nd day the Indians retreated... A man in the contractor's employment deserted to the Indians and gave them the first information they had of the movements of the army. After several days march...we arrived at the Au Glazier...Capt. Wells and McClelland with two men from the company of spies penetrated within a mile...of the British post...below us and found the Indians embodied there. They took an Indian and his wife prisoners &...made an unsuccessful attack on a camp of Indian warriors...Wells and McClellan were both wounded...[we] arrived at the rapids of the Maumee and threw up a temporary work...on...the 20th the army moved forward with a battalion of Kentucky mounted men in advance with orders to retreat in confusion...when attacked. Near 8 o'clock they were fired on and 8 or 10 killed. They then retreated...and were...pursued by the Indians...[who] drove in the advance guard...and [were] not check till met by the line of infantry...when the Indians were repulsed in front, they tempted the right of our line...soon they were charged with good effect by the cavalry. Capt. Covington cut down two Indians with his own hand...their last effort was made a little to the left...against a detachment of Kentucky mounted men...[their] first fire...brought 10 or 12 to the ground. The Indians then gave up the contest. It had rained that morning...& the drumheads were so relaxed that the signals could be heard but a short distance. Owing to this circumstance. The Indians escaped a more severe chastisement, as Gen'l. Barbee with one thousand men had been ordered...to throw himself in their rear...and press them on to the army...the killed and wounded were collected...the dead buried in one grave...the loss of the army was one hundred...several letters passed between Genl. Wayne and...the British commander...General [Wayne] reconnoitered close to the fort found the garrison...under arms...[Wayne] dreaded not to molest them...the cavalry, on the way, cutting down the Indians corn...</i>Much more interesting content of a very critical period in American history when the nation did not have a standing army to protect itself while her borders were undefined and plagued by Indians and foreign forces. First page is detached, rough and chipped margins with damp stains and soiling, otherwise very good.<b>$700-900</b>
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