On Nov. 4, 1791, a coalition of warriors determined to set the Ohio River as a permanent boundary between tribal lands and white settlements faced forces under Gen. Arthur St. Clair. The resulting wilderness struggle ended in the greatest defeat of an American Army at the hands of Native Americans in U.S. history. Historian Steven Locke tells the story of how a small band of determined Indigenous peoples defended their homeland, destroyed an invading American Army on the Wabash River, and forced a fundamental shift in the way in which the United States waged war.

 

Steven P. Locke is a retired curator of history for the Ohio Historical Society. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard, then taught history in the Granville, Ohio, Exempted School District. He studied at both undergraduate and graduate level at the Ohio State University.

 

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