DOCUMENTS Following the American Revolution, the Native American peoples of the Midwest were increasingly pushed from their homelands by white settlement. Two ill-fated U.S. military expeditions, led by Generals Josiah Harmar (1790) and Arthur St. Clair (1791), were defeated by a confederation of Native American tribes led by Michikinikwa (Litte Turtle) of the Miami. On Aug. 20, 1794, Gen. Mad ...

Portrait of Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne, attributed to renowned artist James Sharples. Mad Anthony Wayne at Fallen Timbers General Wayne's Decisive Victory In the Northwest Territory Ends the Young Nation's Crisis of Authority By Richard Battin (copyright 1994-1996, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana) If CNN had been around in the 1790s it probably would have assigned hot spot reporter Wolf ...