Other desultory expeditions marked the campaigns of 1813 and 1814.
The Indians, meanwhile, gaining courage, began near continuous marauding raids on American settlements.
Later, in 1814, an expedition led by Major (later U.S. president) Zachary Taylor ascended the Mississippi River as far as Rock Island, where he found a large force of Indians supported by British regulars with artillery. Finding himself unable to cope with so formidable a foe, Major Taylor retreated down the river.
On the site of the present-day town of Warsaw, Illinois, he threw up fortifications which eh named Fort Edwards. However, he was subsequently compelled to retreat.
The same year, the British with their Indian allies, descended from Mackinac and capture Prairie du Chien and burned Forts Madison and Johnston, after which they retired to Cap Au Gris.
The Treaty of Ghent, signed December 24, 1814, closed the war although no formal treaties were made with the tribes until the following year.
--Brock-Perry
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