In 1790, General Harmar found the site on the Great Miami River abandoned and in ruins, as did General Wayne in 1794.Īs Gen. Piqua was settled as two separate Shawnee villages late in 1780, known as Upper Piqua and Lower Piqua. The Shawnee relocated north and west to the Great Miami River. George Rogers Clark culminated in the Battle of Piqua, after which the town and surrounding fields were burned. Until 1780, Piqua had been the capital town of the Shawnee located on the Mad River about 23 miles southeast of the modern town (near Springfield). The British soon took over the area after defeating the French in the French and Indian War. The Miami rebuilt Pickawillany, and Piqua later developed near their village.
The Miami chief and a British trader were killed in the conflict.Īfter the battle, the British and Miami abandoned this site. He led more than 240 Odawa and Ojibwe warriors allied with French forces against the British and the Miami village in the Battle of Pickawillany. In 1752 Charles de Langlade, an Odawa war chief of partial French Canadian descent, attacked the fort. It was located at the confluence of Loramie Creek and the Great Miami River. In 1749, Fort Pickawillany was constructed by the British to protect their trading post at a Miami village of the same name. ( November 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)
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