Native Dispositions and Intelligence Exchanges

Suspecting Wayne would march along the Maumee River, Blue Jacket took a defensive position not far from present-day Toledo, where a stand of trees had been blown down by a storm. The Native American forces, numbering about 1,500, comprised Shawnees under Blue Jacket, Delawares under Buckongahelas, Miamis under Little Turtle, Wyandots under Tarhe and Roundhead, Ojibwas, Odawa under Egushawa, Potawatomi under Little Otter, Mingos, a small Mohawk detachment, and Canadian militiamen disguised as Native Americans under Lieutenant-colonel William Caldwell. After taking positions on 17–18 August, they fasted. On the night of 11 August, Captain William Wells and some spies were wounded after being identified in a Native camp; on 18 August, scouts captured William May, learning Wayne intended to attack on the 19th or, if he built a depot, the 20th.