Campbell's force of nearly 600 mounted troops, guided by William Conner departs Fort Greenville, Ohio, on an 80-mile forced march to the Miami towns on the Mississinewa River.
The snow is knee deep and the weather is bitter cold.
DECEMBER 18, 1812
Campbell's force surprises and attacks the first of four Indian villages on the Mississinewa River near present-day Jalapa. Eight Indians and one African-American were killed and 42 Indians, including 34 women and children are captured. Two American soldiers are killed.
--Brock-Perry
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