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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.〔Powell, 125-126〕〔Barce, 188-194〕 ==Background and Battle== In 1791, Northwest Territory Governor Arthur St. Clair readied an Army to attack Kekionga in response to Harmar's Defeat in 1790. He intended to dispatch a separate force simultaneously to distract the defending Native American coalition.〔Sword, 159〕 Delays in preparations caused St. Clair to initiate Wilkinson's raid prior to the main body's advance, however.〔Sword, 155〕 Lieutenant Colonel Wilkinson had served under Brigadier General Charles Scott during the Blackberry Campaign of 1791, in which mounted Kentucky militia raided Native American villages along the Wabash River and its tributaries. Wilkinson's force of more than 500 Kentucky militia departed Fort Washington on 1 August 1791.〔Ward, 116〕 They arrived at Kenapacomaqua on 7 August 1791, and immediately attacked. 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 (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 (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 prisoner, including a daughter of Miami war chief Little Turtle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System )〕 In addition, one U.S. captive was found at Kenapacomaqua and released. Wilkinson next burned grain stored at the deserted town of Ouiatenon before returning to Kentucky via the route established by Scott earlier that year.〔Sword, 156〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Kenapacomaqua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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