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Siege of Dunlap's Station | |||||||
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Part of the Northwest Indian War | |||||||
A plan of Dunlap's Station | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
Northwestern Confederacy Province of Quebec | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jacob Kingsbury Josiah Harmar |
Blue Jacket Simon Girty | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~30 | ~300–500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed | ~12–15 killed |
The siege of Dunlap's Station was a battle that took place on January 10–11, 1791, during the Northwest Indian War between the Northwestern Confederacy of American Indians and European American settlers in what became the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Ohio. This was one of the Indians' few unsuccessful attacks during this period. It was shortly after the Harmar campaign attacks and unprecedented defeat of U.S. Army forces.
A few months after the siege, the United States Army suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Indians.[1] This small episode, a week after the so-called Big Bottom massacre in what became southeast Ohio, turned into an iconic event: Ohioans believed that Native Americans had tortured innocent American settlers.