St. Clair and Wayne 109 



taken but a couple of days before ; and he warned the 

 Indians that he had seven Indian prisoners, who had 

 been well treated, but who would be put to death if 

 Miller was harmed. The Indians did not molest 

 Miller, but sought to obtain delay, and would give 

 no definite answer; whereupon Wayne advanced 

 against them, having laid waste and destroyed all 

 their villages and fields. 



His army marched on the I5th, and on the i8th 

 reached Roche du Bout, by the Maumee Rapids, 

 only a few miles from the British fort. Next day 

 was spent in building a rough breastwork to protect 

 the stores and baggage, and in reconnoitring the 

 Indian position. 39 



The Indians Shawnees, Delawares, Wyandots, 

 Ottawas, Miamis, Pottawatomies, Chippewas, and 

 Iroquois were camped close to the British. There 

 were between fifteen hundred and two thousand 

 warriors ; and in addition there were seventy rangers 

 from Detroit, French, English, and refugee Ameri- 

 cans,, under Captain Caldwell, who fought with 

 them in the battle. The British agent McKee was 

 with them; and so was Simon Girty, the "white 

 renegade," and another partisan leader, Elliott. But 

 McKee, Girty, and Elliott did not actually fight in 

 the battle. 40 



39 American State Papers, 491, Wayne's Report to Secre- 

 tary of War, August 28, 1794. 



40 Canadian Archives, McKee to Chew, August 27, 1794. 

 McKee says there were 1,300 Indians, and omits all allusion 

 to Caldwell's rangers. He always underestimates the Indian 

 numbers and loss. In the battle one of Caldwell's rangers, 



