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Northwest Indian War: General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.
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Part of the American Indian Wars (1785–1795)
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St. Clair's defeat
1791 battle of the Northwest Indian War
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