St. Glair and Wayne 115 



to storm the fort, which was well built and heavily 

 armed. 



After completing his work of destruction Wayne 

 marched his army back to Fort Defiance. Here he 

 was obliged to halt for over a fortnight while he 

 sent back to Fort Recovery for provisions. He em- 

 ployed the time in work on the fort, which he 

 strengthened so that it would stand an attack by a 

 regular army. The mounted volunteers were turned 

 to account in a new manner, being employed not 

 only to escort the pack-animals but themselves to 

 transport the flour on their horses. There was much 

 sickness among the soldiers, especially from fever 

 and ague, and but for the corn and vegetables 

 they obtained from the Indian towns which were 

 scattered thickly along the Maumee they would 

 have suffered from hunger. They were espe- 

 cially disturbed because all the whiskey was 

 used up. 45 



On September I4th the Legion started westward 

 toward the Miami towns at the junction of the St. 

 Mary's and St. Joseph's rivers, the scene of Har- 

 mar's disaster. In four days the towns were 

 reached, the Indians being too cowed to offer re- 

 sistance. Here the army spent six weeks, burned 

 the towns and destroyed the fields and stores of the 

 hostile tribes, and built a fort which was christened 

 Fort Wayne. British deserters came in from time 

 to time; some of the Canadian traders made over- 

 tures to the army and agreed to furnish provisions 



45 Daily Journal of Wayne's Campaign "American Pio- 

 neer," I, 351. 



