harmar's campaign. I3f3 



one thousand men. Major Doughty was a very efficient officer 

 under Harmar. It was soon discovered, that the site where 

 Cincinnati stands, was a very important point, suitable for a 

 fort. This place was opposite the mouth of Licking river, in 

 Kentucky, where the Indains crossed the Ohio river, and as- 

 cended the Licking river, in order, to penetrate into the heart 

 of Kentucky. And there was a road, which the Indians call- 

 ed " the old war path," extending from the British garrison, at 

 Detroit, to the Maumee, up that river, and over on to the Miara- 

 ies of the Ohio. All the Indian paths from lake Erie, led into 

 this path, near Springfield, in Clark county, and then extended 

 to the Ohio river, opposite Licking, so that the place where all 

 this Indian travel struck the Ohio river, was a very important 

 point. At such an important place, it was correctly judged 

 best, to erect a fort, and station a military force to protect Ken- 

 tucky. 



HARMAR'S CAMPAIGN IN 1790. 



THE INDIAN WAR IN THE NORTH WESTERN TERRITORY, ENTIRE, 

 COMMENCING IN 1790, AND ENDING AUGUST 3d, 1795, BY THE 

 TREATY OF GREENVILLE, MADE BY GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE. 



Thus we see that Major Doughty erected a fort opposite 

 the mouth of Licking river, where Mrs. Trollope's bazaar 

 now stands, and called it Fort Washington. The fort was erect- 

 ed by the Major, who commanded one hundred and forty men. 

 In December, 1789, General Harmar joined him with three 

 hundred men, the whole making four hundred and fortv 

 men, in Fort Washington, in the month of December 1789. 



Next summer, General Josiah Harmar encamped on the 

 south side of the Ohio river where Covington now is. Gen- 

 eral Washington, the then President, used all the means in 

 his power to increase the force under Harmar, but enlistments 

 were slowly made, and, it was as late as the 30th of Septem- 

 ber, 1790, before General Harmar was prepared to cross the 

 river. He had been joined by Colonel John Hardin of Ke»- 



