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Tupper of Ohio. That day he received an urgent demand from Win- 
chester for reinforcements stating that he had come in contact with 
the advance of a large British and Indian force, and a letter from Erie 
reporting that three thousand men had left Amherstburg two weeks 
before with the design of attacking Fort Wayne. He also learned 
that Colonel Jennings had halted on his march half way down the 
Au Glaize and fortified his position. Greatly alarmed for Winchester’s 
safety he determined to proceed to his support with the whole of Tup- 
per’s brigade. Riding rapidly forward with a strong escort he reached 
Winchester’s camp near Fort Defiance on the evening of the 2nd. 
Continued scarcity of provisions had already caused great discontent. 
During the night Harrison was aroused from sleep by Colonel Allen 
and other officers who informed him that their men had resolved to 
return home and that their remonstrances had been answered with 
insults. ! 
Next morning Tupper’s brigade arrived and Harrison promptly 
addressed the mutineers assuring them that ample supplies would 
arrive during the day and that they were the advance guard of an army 
of ten thousand men. His appointment as Commander-in-Chief was 
welcomed by them with evident satisfaction and loyally accepted by 
Winchester himself. A reconnaissance down the river for several miles 
satisfied him that no immediate attack need be feared. A site for an 
intrenchment, which became known as Fort Winchester, was selected 
on the left bank of the Au Glaize near its confluence with the Miami, 
and Winchester was instructed to push forward a force to the deserted 
settlement at the foot of the rapids, to harvest several hundred acres of 
corn, which was considered “an object of no little importance to the 
future movements of the army.” He was put in command of the 
entire left wing including the three regiments of the Kentucky volun- 
teers and a battalion of Ohio militia employed on the road from St. 
Mary. Harrison then announced his intention of proceeding at once 
to Wooster to hasten the advance of the right division.” The term 
of enlistment of Johnson’s regiment of mounted riflemen having 
nearly expired, it was allowed to return with him. The remainder of 
Tupper’s brigade, numbering 960 of all ranks, was detailed for the ex- 
pedition to the rapids taking with them eight days’ provisions which 
nearly exhausted the entire stock of flour in store.* But a small party 
of hostile Indians was still lurking in the woods who killed an unwary 
ranger on the opposite bank of the Miami before the march began. 
Many of the horses were grazing when this became known, but as soon 

1 Duncan McArthur to ——————— Sept. 1812. 
2 Atherton, 9-10; Darnell, Journal. 
3 Harrison to Winchester, Oct. 4, 1812. 
