Qualla: Battle of Fallen Timbers https://qualla.com/battle-of-fallen-timbers en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/p/k/k/battle-of-fallen-timbers-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Fallen Timbers https://qualla.com/battle-of-fallen-timbers Battle of Fallen Timbers: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-fallen-timbers/ Photo credit US Post office, Public domain. Little Turtle called him "the Chief who never sleeps." The Miami war chief had watched two American armies march into the Ohio wilderness and get destroyed - Harmar's expedition in 1790 and St. Clair's catastrophic defeat in 1791, the worst loss the United States Army would ever suffer at the hands of Native Americans. But Major General Anthony Wayne was different. He drilled his Legion of the United States for two years, built forts methodically, and never stopped advancing. On August 20, 1794, Wayne's force met the Northwestern Confederacy among trees toppled by a tornado along the Maumee River in what is now Maumee, Ohio. The battle lasted barely an hour. It changed the future of the Northwest Territory forever.

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/p/k/k/battle-of-fallen-timbers-wp/dpkk-battle-of-fallen-timbers-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Fallen Timbers: The Chief Who Never Sleeps https://qualla.com/battle-of-fallen-timbers/ Photo credit Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0. After St. Clair's devastating loss in 1791, President George Washington handpicked "Mad" Anthony Wayne to build a force that could succeed where others had failed. Wayne commanded about 2,000 men in the Legion of the United States, supported by Choctaw and Chickasaw scouts. He mo...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/p/k/k/battle-of-fallen-timbers-wp/dpkk-battle-of-fallen-timbers-the-chief-who-never-sleeps.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Fallen Timbers: One Hour Among the Fallen Trees https://qualla.com/battle-of-fallen-timbers/ Photo credit CC BY-SA 3.0. Wayne departed Fort Recovery on August 17, 1794, pushing north with his Legion and roughly 1,000 mounted Kentucky militia under General Charles Scott. Native American scouts noticed something troubling: Wayne's army marched only until early afternoon, then stopped to build fortif...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/p/k/k/battle-of-fallen-timbers-wp/dpkk-battle-of-fallen-timbers-the-gates-that-stayed-shut.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Fallen Timbers: Treaties and Traitors https://qualla.com/battle-of-fallen-timbers/ Photo credit Charles Willson Peale, Public domain. By December, nations that had fought Wayne were suing for peace. Representatives of the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Odawa, and Wyandotte sought out the Legion to "bury the hatchet." In the summer of 1795, the confederacy and a U.S. delegation led by Wayne negotiated the Treaty of Greenvi...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/p/k/k/battle-of-fallen-timbers-wp/dpkk-battle-of-fallen-timbers-treaties-and-traitors.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Fallen Timbers: Echoes at Turkey Foot Rock https://qualla.com/battle-of-fallen-timbers/ Photo credit Benson J. Lossing, Public domain. The veterans of Fallen Timbers went on to shape the young republic. William Clark co-led the Lewis and Clark Expedition across the continent. William Henry Harrison, Wayne's aide-de-camp, became governor of Indiana Territory and eventually the ninth President of the United States...

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