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The Legion of the United States makes contact with the Western Confederacy on 20 August 1794. Fallen Timbers Battle [22]. Captain William Wells, Little Turtle's son-in-law and the commander of Wayne's intelligence company, was wounded along with some of his spies after they were identified spying in a Native American camp the night of 11 August. [23]
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The Fallen Timbers Battlefield was the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers on 20 August 1794. The battle, a decisive American victory over Native American and British opponents, effectively ended the Northwest Indian War , securing the Old Northwest for settlement.
The American Battlefield Trust, a non-profit battlefield land preservation organization, has been involved with its partners in saving more than 1,401 acres (567 ha) of the Shiloh and Fallen Timbers battlefields in 30 different transactions from 2001 to 2023. [271]
They were warmly received. Washington presented Little Turtle with a ceremonial sword, and Wells was given a monthly pension of $20 ($359.00 in 2023), in compensation for his wounds at Fallen Timbers. [10] In 1797, the two traveled east again in to visit the new president, John Adams. [10]
Although the battle lasted little more than an hour, Fallen Timbers was the culmination of an arduous campaign and owed its success to the intense training and discipline of the Legion of the United States. The Legion encamped near Fort Miami for three days, but without their heavy artillery, they finally withdrew. [15]: 267–268
The story begins in 1794, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, in the Northwest Territory.Abraham Kent, the son of Philip Kent and Anne Ware, leads a cavalry charge in the battle, but misses a chance to kill Tecumseh.
Shawnee Chief Black Hoof (Catecahassa) was a staunch opponent of Tecumseh's confederation and an ally of the United States in the War of 1812.. The two principal adversaries in the conflict, Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison, had both been junior participants in the Battle of Fallen Timbers at the close of the Northwest Indian War in 1794.