“ Once, after having heard what someone had written in palliation of Harmar’s conduct on that occasion, my father replied: “There is not a word of truth in what he says; Harmar was a distressed old coward.”To give you some idea of my father’s courage and daring, I will mention one instance. He moved from Kentucky in 1796 and located five miles south of Dayton, Ohio. Soon after he settled there, the Indians stole a mare and two colts from him. Later he found two of the horses at an Indian camp just across the Miami River from Dayton. ”
Summary
“General Harmar's Campaign”, is a work by . It explores elements such as Harmar, Fort Wayne and the Maumee River.
Quotes from General Harmar's Campaign ()
“ In September he commenced his march against the Indians of the Maumee country, known in early times as the Miami of the Lakes. The Indians were constantly committing depredations upon the white settlers in southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and, indeed, throughout the entire Ohio Valley.My father, who had moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in 1788, was one of the mounted volunteers who accompanied General Harmar. They marched, as I now recollect, via Greenville, Ohio, to the Maumee country, where they destroyed a few patches of corn and an Indian village near the site of Fort Wayne. ”
“ At the same time General Harmar marched down the Maumee River to Chillicothe and encamped.“Colonel Hardin destroyed the Indian towns and on his return was attacked about ten miles from Fort Wayne, near the late Captain Hull’s farm at Eel River. When the Indians fired upon them, the Kentucky mounted riflemen wheeled their horses and made for the camp. The Pennsylvania militia and the regular soldiers were left a prey to savage barbarity; one officer and four private soldiers never returned to the camp. ”
