Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . four hundredand eighty strong, all mounted on good horses, began their marchfrom Mingo Bottom. The route, says Butterfield,^ laythrough what is now the counties of Jefferson, Harrison, Tus-carawas, Holmes, Ashland, Richland, Crawford—nearly to thecenter of Wyandot county. One of the volunteers, Lieut. FrancisDunlevy, wrote a brief account of the campaign.* He after-wards became a classical scholar and held high positions in four days the army reached the LTpper Moravian village—sixtymiles from Mingo Bottom.^^ On the 2d of June the Sanduskyr
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . four hundredand eighty strong, all mounted on good horses, began their marchfrom Mingo Bottom. The route, says Butterfield,^ laythrough what is now the counties of Jefferson, Harrison, Tus-carawas, Holmes, Ashland, Richland, Crawford—nearly to thecenter of Wyandot county. One of the volunteers, Lieut. FrancisDunlevy, wrote a brief account of the campaign.* He after-wards became a classical scholar and held high positions in four days the army reached the LTpper Moravian village—sixtymiles from Mingo Bottom.^^ On the 2d of June the Sanduskyriver was seen three miles west of where Crestline now the 3d of June the volunteers encamped for the night on Plains, near where the village of Wyandot may now, be seen. On the 4th, after traveling six miles, they came to the: mouth of the Little Sandusky, a spot well known to John Slover, 60 Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. vol. III. p. 502. 61 See his declaration for a pension : 1832.«^2 See Dr. Knights Narrative. *^. j: O ^*H 0 O oto W W OJ ^ ^ H o H w < lu W o en O P 3 O < rt rt u en 1 w p (1) 5^ ^ <1 - K-r aj H IT H s pq W >> ^ bfl C Colonel Willia7n Crawford. 19 one of the army pilots. On the same day they found UpperSandusky Old Town, situate on the Sandusky river about threemiles in a south-easterly direction from the Upper Sandusky ofto-day, deserted. Not an Indian was to be seen.^* We advancedon, says Knight in his Narrative, in search of some of theirsettlements, but had scarcely got the distance of three or fourmiles from the old town when we learned that Crawfordsmounted scouts who had been sent forward to reconnoiter, haddiscovered about three miles in front, near a grove they wereoccupying, a large body of Indians running toward heard of their presence with great satisfaction, andcommenced a forward movement. Near where the scouts hadfirst sighted them they were soon seen by the entire cavalcade,some little d
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