HARMAR'S CAMPAIGN.
[Through the courtesy of Mr. Frazer E.
Wilson of Greenville,
Ohio, the author of several articles on
Wayne's campaign and the
Greenville Treaty, we herewith publish,
from a duplicate of the original
MS., a letter written by one Thomas
Irvin, who participated in Harmar's
advance and retreat. The document has a
double interest, the first hand
information which it imparts and the
crude but direct style of expression,
typical of the scholarship of the pioneers.--EDITOR.]
Dear Sir The army on Harmars Campaign
Left
for Washington about the Last of
September 1790
for the Indian towns followed the trace
made By
Genrl Clark from Kentucky in October
1782 which
passed reading halted there one Day
until the Regular
troops Came up formed the Line of March
there one
Line on Each Side of Said trace to Be
about 40 yards
on Each Sides from it a Strong front and
Rear gard
the Baggage in the Center Encamped at
Night in the
Same way passed where Sharron is and
where Lebanon
in the County of Warren Stands went Some
Distance
west of Waynesvill and Xenia Crossed Mad
river
about 10 miles from Dayton Struke the
Great Miamia
at the old Piqua Town that Sd Genrl
Clark had
went against and Destroyed Crossed the
River
( )t Distance above had a pritty (
-an trace from there to the old french
Store on
what is Since Called StMarys had a good
India
-an trace from there to the Maumee Town
as
it was then Called the 2d Morning after
we Left
StMarys 8 or 10 mounted men went out in
Search
of Some horses that had Been Lost over
Night
Started a Smart young Indian with a Bow
and
arrow They took him prisioner Brought
him to
Camp there was 2 of the troops Could
Speak the Indian
tounge very well he and they Spoke
freely together
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