(506 WAYNE COUNTY. 



Congress. He accompanied General Thompson to Canada, 

 and displayed his military talents at the battle of Three Ri- 

 vers. On the 21st of February he was appointed Brigadier 

 General, and in the following May joined the army of Wash- 

 ington. He shared in the perils and glory of Brandy wine, 

 Germantown, Monmouth, and Stony Point. At the latter 

 place, particularly, he gathered fresh laurels. Washington 

 deemed the recovery of Stony Point an object of great import- 

 ance, and General Wayne was selected to make an attack up- 

 on it. With the choicest troops, through a road traversed by 

 numerous difficult and dangerous defiles and morasses, the in- 

 trepid soldier arrived at the desired point, resolved to accom- 

 plish the object by the bayonet alone. In defiance of every 

 obstacle, and in face of an incessant fire from the enemy, the 

 two columns made the attack, driving every thing before them 

 at the point of the bayonet. Wayne had placed himself at 

 the head of the right division, and receiving a slight wound 

 upon the head, which he conceived to be mortal, he exclaimed, 

 " Carry me forward, and let me die in the fort." By this enter- 

 prise, two flags, two standards, 15 pieces of ordnance, and a 

 large quantity of military stores fell into the hands of the 

 Americans, besides 543 prisoners. Of the Americans, 98 were 

 killed and wounded ; of the enemy, 63 were killed. For his 

 gallantry on' this occasion, he was honoured by Congress with 

 a vote of thanks, and a gold medal. After the capture of 

 Cornwallis, at which he displayed a bravery bordering upon 

 rashness, he was sent to conduct the war in Georgia, and with 

 limited means, successfully prosecuted it against British sol- 

 diers, savages, and tories. When peace was concluded, he 

 retired to private life, but only for a short period, for the In- 

 dians on the Northwestern frontier having for a long time 

 manifested hostility to the United States, it was determined 

 to punish them ; and Washington, knowing the qualifications 

 of General Wayne for such enterprises, gave him the com- 

 mand of the expedition. To those who are familiar with the 

 incidents of that campaign, the manner in which General 

 Wayne conducted it is well known. The hopes of the sa- 

 vages were crushed ; and on the 3d of August, 1795, Wayne 

 concluded a treaty with them. This gallant soldier died the 



