The British, under General Henry Proctor withdrew to the northeast from Fort Malden. Tecumseh and his warriors covered the British retreat. Gen. Harrison's American troops stayed after him, with Richard Johnson's soldiers keeping the Indians occupied.
Johnson had been called back from a raid on the Kaskaskia Indians. Johnson's cavalry defeated Tecumseh's main force on September 29 and captured the British supply trains on October 3 and this became one of the factors that caused Proctor to stop his retreat and make a stand and fight at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813.
One of Johnson's slaves, Daniel Chinn, accompanied him. I can't find out much about him, but he might have been Johnson's common-law wife's brother.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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