Today in Indiana History

August 28 , 2008

On this day in 1812 a group of Native Americans, incited by the British, began gathering for an attack on Fort Wayne. A siege began on September 5. For several weeks the fort’s garrison, outnumbered by the attackers, held their ground. The attackers retreated when General William Henry Harrison arrived with fresh American troops. Harrison destroyed Indian villages and crops in the area before retiring to the territorial capital of Vincennes.