Subversive Historian - 11/04/09
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St. Clair’s Defeat
Back in the day on November 4th, 1791, the armed forces of the United States suffered their worst defeat ever at the hands of native peoples. George Washington, as the first president of the new nation, called upon a trusted Revolutionary War veteran Arthur St. Clair to pacify lands northwest of the Ohio River. The Western Confederacy of American Indians never recognized the claims on their land by the U.S. St. Clair, who had been governor of the Northwest Territory in question, assembled a force nearly 2,000 men to construct and fortify a number of outpost forts in advancing on natives. By November 3rd, the revolutionary war veteran only commanded a force of 1,400 men and settled on the banks of the Wabash River. The very next day native warriors led by Little Turtle and Blue Jacket advanced and routed St. Clair’s forces in a three-hour lopsided victory.
President Washington was enraged as the losses would be more than three times those totaled in the Battle of the Little Bighorn nearly a century later. St. Clair was forced to resign from the army and native peoples successfully resisted incursions on their land until suffering defeat three years later in the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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