n6 The Winning of the West 



at a moderate price; and of the savages only strag- 

 gling parties were seen. The mounted volunteers 

 grew mutinous, but were kept in order by their 

 commander Scott, a rough, capable backwoods sol- 

 dier. Their term of service at length expired and 

 they were sent home; and the regulars of the Le- 

 gion, leaving a. garrison at Fort Wayne, marched 

 back to Greeneville, and reached it on November 

 2d, just three months and six days after they started 

 from it on their memorable and successful expedi- 

 tion. 



Wayne had shown himself the best general 

 ever sent to war with the Northwestern Indians; 

 and his victorious campaign was the most note- 

 worthy ever carried on against them, for it brought 

 about t^e first lasting peace on the border and put 

 an end to the bloody turmoil of forty years' fight- 

 ing. It was one of the most striking and weighty 

 feats in the winning of the West. 



The army went into winter quarters at Greene- 

 ville. There was sickness among the troops, and there 

 were occasional desertions ; the discipline was severe, 

 and the work so hard and dangerous that the men 

 generally refused to re-enlist. 46 The officers were 

 uneasy lest there should be need of a further cam- 

 paign. But their fears were groundless. Before 

 winter set in heralds arrived from the hostile tribes 

 to say that they wished peace. 



The Indians were utterly downcast over their de- 



46 Draper MSS., William Clark to Jonathan Clark, Novem- 

 ber 23, 1794. 



