Battle of Kenapacomaqua

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Kenapacomaqua
partof=Northwest Indian War
date=August 7, 1791
place=Cass County, Indiana, United States
result=U.S. Victory
combatant1=Wea Branch of Miami Tribe
combatant2=United States
commander1=unknown
commander2=James Wilkinson
strength1=60(?) warriors
strength2=525 militia
casualties1=9 killed
casualties2=2 killed
1 wounded

The Battle of Kenapacomaqua, also called the Battle of Old Town, [The action had no official name. Wilkinson's account of the operation refers to the town both by its Miami name (which means "Eel River Town") and its French name, "L'Anguille." "Old Town" or "Olde Towne" was a name given the town by later Anglo-American settlers.] was a raid in 1791 by United States forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier General) James Wilkinson on the Miami (Wea) town of Kenapacomaqua on the Eel River approximately six miles upstream from present-day Logansport, Indiana. [ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=exgVAAAAYAAJ&dq=History+Cass+County+Indiana&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=ZWWD0jXtW7&sig=ZR4pOiNlMW1AfeyDsODiPQodW4U&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPA125,M1 Powell, Jehu Z., "History of Cass County, Indiana," Chicago & New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1913, pp. 125-126.] [http://books.google.com/books?id=8rHUiMGfIqQC&printsec=titlepage Barce, Elmore, "The Land of the Miamis", Fowler, IN: The Benton Review Shop, 1922, pp. 188-194.] ] Under the overall command of Brigadier General Charles Scott, Wilkinson led a force of more than 500 Kentucky militia. They attacked Kenapacomaqua on August 7, 1791. Two Kentuckians and nine Miami died in the encounter. By Wilkinson's own account, the Miami dead included only six warriors. [Wilkinson's account of the expedition is found at [http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/archives/dockett_317/317_36h.html Indiana University, Glenn Black Laboratory, American State Papers, Indian Affairs, March 3, 1789 to March 3, 1815, vol. 1, p. 134.] Another account is found in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mwNFAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage James Handasyd Perkins and John Mason Peck, "Annals of the West" (1857) pp. 569-570.] ] Two of the dead were women. One was a child. Thirty-four Miami prisoners were taken and one U.S. captive was released.

Notes and references

ee also

*List of battles fought in Indiana

External links

* [http://incass-inmiami.org/cass/cemeteries/abnd/olde_towne Cass County, Indiana, Genealogy Web: Olde Towne Battlefield Cemetery]
* [http://incass-inmiami.org/cass/land_maps/adamsmap.html Cass County, Indiana, Genealogy Web: Map showing location of "Olde Towne Indian Burial Ground"]
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=40.80232&lon=-86.24092&datum=nad83&zoom=8&
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* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hoover,+Indiana&ie=UTF8&ll=40.799581,-86.241689&spn=0.015659,0.026436&t=h&z=15&iwloc=addr Google Maps: General Area of Battle of Kenapacomaqua]

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