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    General "Mad" Anthony Wayne & the Battle of Fallen Timbers
    General "Mad" Anthony Wayne & the Battle of Fallen Timbers
    General "Mad" Anthony Wayne & the Battle of Fallen Timbers
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    General "Mad" Anthony Wayne & the Battle of Fallen Timbers

    By Arthur R. Bauman

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    This describes the Historical background about the early Indians Wars that were basically mentioned, but not really exemplified as the integral part of History that played a major role into the formation of the United States. When President George Washington received disturbing news from the Ohio Territory, the surrounding areas within the Great Lakes Region, pertaining to the incursions from the Indians. decided to send experienced Indian Fighters whom he felt could control the situations. These individuals have had prior experience with dealing with the Indians during the American Revolution. After a few failed attempts, from the commanders that faced the Indians. Washington knew of one particular individual who had a strong, personality, and was highly dependable. His name was General Anthony Wayne. Refered to as "Mad". This name was given to him, during the Revolutionary War, because of his tenacity, and courage . The Indians eventually came to fear Anthony Wayne, because of his tactics he used , no matter what obstacles faced him. One aspect is the most important, as Dr. Knopf noted in 1975. "These battles were fought against the Indians, it had nothing to do with land". General Anthony Wayne also played an important part for The "Treaty of Greenville" which became the final act.

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    General "Mad" Anthony Wayne & the Battle of Fallen Timbers
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    Arthur R. Bauman

    Arthur R. Bauman has written several books pertaining to the American History Genre. Which are designed to investigate the actual historical moments of the times. Captain John Smiths travels described the actual accounts based upon his view of what really happened in the latter days of the sixteenth century into the early seventeenth century of Europe. These accounts taken from his diaries, explains how people really thought, and with the full details of each event. I included the ancient history that brought all of these event together. Showing, why this happened. This also shows the reader of how an individual who was not of nobility, had a normal reaction, and described it in full detail. I also wanted to show the reader the Historical Background into each Country that he got involved with especially in Transylvania. North America became another episode that showed his tenacity, to go through the severest, brutal, and Abusive situations, no one ever could imagine. Captain John Smith has become an American Icon Based upon the American folklore. Especially the Powhatan, Pocahontas story in the Jamestown saga.

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      General "Mad" Anthony Wayne & the Battle of Fallen Timbers - Arthur R. Bauman

      General Mad Anthony Wayne & The Battle of Fallen Timbers

      A Look at Some Key Events
      in the Life and Times of General Wayne

      Arthur R. Bauman

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      © 2010 Arthur R. Bauman. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 12/9/2010

      ISBN: 978-1-4520-9371-0 (sc)

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      This book is dedicated to …

      The brave and hearty settlers in Ohio Country, especially those who lived there during the Northwest Indian War from 1785 to 1795. Also known as Little Turtle’s War, it pitted the Western Confederacy against the United States for control of the Northwest Territory.

      The United States military forces that fought the various battles for the territory from 1790 to 1794.

      The Indians who, as an indirect result of the Treaty of Greenville, were forced into Kansas as settlers continued their westward push.

      ~~A. Bauman

      Contents

      Chapter One Extension of American Revolution

      Wayne Joins War in 1775

      Chapter Two Before Fallen Timbers

      Series of conflicts begins in 1640s

      Chapter Three Tide Begins to Change

      Washington calls for Wayne’s Help

      Chapter Four Both Sides Sign Treaty

      Much of Ohio, Indiana Opens to Settlement

      Chapter Five After Fallen Timbers

      Wayne Has Two Graves

      Appendix I Wayne’s Roots

      Wayne before American Revolution

      Appendix II Tidbits

      Names, Places, Events Connected with Wayne

      Appendix III Test Your Knowledge

      Questions

      Answers:

      Appendix IV Glaciers Sculpt Landscape

      Geological and Early Indian History of Ohio Territory

      Appendix V

      Europeans Reach America

      Photographs/Drawings

      Cover of Treaty of Greenville

      From the author . . .

      While attending Kent State University in Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1975, I took a course on Ohio history taught by Dr. Richard C. Knopf, author of Anthony Wayne: a Name in Arms. Knopf was an expert on the Connecticut Western Reserve (in what is now a small corner of northeastern Ohio) and on the major Indian battles in Ohio.

      When talking about the Battle of Fallen Timbers on Aug. 20, 1794, Knopf said, General Mad Anthony Wayne’s personality was comparable to that of General Stormin Norman Schwarzkopf. Others have described him the same way. I believe Wayne’s personality was similar to that of World War II hero, General George Patton. All were shrewd and showed no fear of the enemy.

      Wayne was a national figure in a forgotten conflict. The Northwest Indian War (1785-1795) was over land in the Northwest Territory, which Britain ceded to the United States at the end of the Revolutionary War. The final battle was August 20, 1794, when General Mad Anthony Wayne defeated Little Turtle at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Wayne died in 1796 at the age of 51.

      Date, name, and place information varies by source. I have used information that could be verified by at least two sources. Wayne’s name appears three ways: Mad Anthony Wayne, Mad Anthony Wayne, and Mad Anthony Wayne. I have chosen to use the last form because his given name was Anthony Wayne.

      ~~A. Bauman

      Prologue

      The area east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes was a continuing battleground for Indians and settlers beginning in the 1600s and continuing into the early 1800s. The French sided with the Algonquin-speaking tribes in battles with members of the Iroquois Confederation and their Dutch allies in the New Netherland colony in what has become known as the Beaver Wars from 1650 to about 1700. Some call those wars the bloodiest in North American history.

      Eventually, aided by their Dutch allies that provided blankets, knives, hatchets, and other firearms, the Iroquois almost eliminated the Huron Indians and all the Indians west of their lands in the Northwest Territory or Ohio Country. Most of the Iroquois didn’t live in Ohio Territory; they ventured into the area to hunt beaver or deer before returning to their homes in the East.

      The battles between Indians and various European peoples or between Europeans and colonists continued on and off from the time the first settlers set foot on the continent. As the settlers looked to head west, Ohio Country became one of the prime areas of conflict, leading to battles, treaties, broken promises, and more warfare. The Battle of Fallen Timbers and the Treaty of Greenville, in 1794 and 1795 respectively, ended ten years of almost constant conflict — not necessarily organized military confrontations — between the American settlers and the Indians over the Ohio Country. General Mad Anthony Wayne led the victorious American troops in the battle and signed the treaty on behalf of the United States.

      Little Turtle, chief of the Miami Indians, signed on behalf of the Indians. Following the treaty he tried to keep his tribe at peace while protecting the tribe’s land from white settlers eager to move west.

      ***

      Wayne was born January 1, 1745, in Easttown Township, Chester County near present-day Paoli, Pennsylvania. Because of his mathematical aptitude, he was educated as a surveyor in his uncle’s private academy in Philadelphia. In 1765 Benjamin Franklin and others sent him to Nova Scotia to survey their land and document all of the natural resources.

      Wayne returned the following year, developed the farm near Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, worked in his father’s tannery operation, and continued his surveying work. He was married in 1767. He soon became a leader in Chester County and was elected to serve in the Pennsylvania Legislature from 1774 to 1775.

      ***

      Little Chief, hailed as the last chief of the Miami Indians, was born circa 1752 (some historians say 1747) near what is present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was

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