| Battle of Piqua | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
 An illustration of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
Shawnee Lenape Wyandot Mingo | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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George Rogers Clark | Black Hoof | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 970 militia | 450 Indians | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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~45 killed 40 wounded |
5–6 killed 3 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Peckowee, Battle of Pekowi, Battle of Peckuwe and the Battle of Pickaway, was a military engagement fought on August 8, 1780, at the Indian village of Piqua along the Mad River in western Ohio Country between the Kentucky County militia under General George Rogers Clark and Shawnee Indians under Chief Black Hoof. The Indians were driven off and the village and surrounding fields burned, but Clark suffered daunting casualties. Clark's expedition was in response to Bird's invasion of Kentucky earlier that summer by a combined force of Shawnee, Lenape and Miami warriors that killed and captured hundreds of white settlers.