]48 HISTORY OF OHIO, 



his rio-ht beinor covered by the river. On the 18th he arrived 

 lit the head of the rapids. Here he lay on the 19th erecting 

 fc;ome temporary works to protect his baggage, and to reconoi^ 

 tre the enemy. He found the Indians advantageously posted 

 in front of the British fort. On the 20th, at 8 o'clock in the 

 morning of that day, the army advanced in columns; the le- 

 gion along the bank of the Maumee. General Todd's brigade 

 of mounted volunteers formed the left flank. General Bar- 

 bee's mounted brigade of volunteers, marched in the rear of 

 the army. Major Price's select band moved in front of the 

 whole army, so as to give timely notice of an attack. Thus 

 marching forward, five miles where Major Price received a 

 heavy fire from the Indians. 



The enemy had formed in three lines, within supporting dis- 

 tance of each other, in a windfall, extending from the west bank 

 of the Maumee, westwardly about two miles, in front, resting 

 on the Maumee and protected by the British garrison. This 

 prostrated forest extended five miles west of the river, in 

 which fallen forest the Indians lay in three lines, two miles in 

 length resting on the Maumee. They could not have been 

 better protected from such a mounted force as Wayne's, than 

 they were by their extended position, of fallen timber. The 

 first effort of the enemy, thus extended two miles, in length, 

 was to turn the left flank of our army. At the very first dis-. 

 charge of a rifle, the legion was formed in two lines, and tho 

 front was ordered to advance with trailed arms, and rouse the 

 enemy from his thicket at the point of the bayonet; then, but 

 not till then, deliver the first fire, and press the enemy so close- 

 ly as not to give him time to reload his guns. Seeing the 

 strength of the enemy, and that he was endeavoring to turn 

 our left flank. General Wayne ordered the second line, to 

 support the first, already engaged witli the enemy. The le- 

 gionary cavalry was ordered to press forward upon the enemy 

 who lay on the river's bank, and where there was no timber in 

 their way. General Scott was ordered to make a circuit, so 

 far, as to outflank and turn their right flank. All these orders 

 were promptly obeyed, but such was the furv of our first 



