Blackberry Campaign

Blackberry Campaign
Part of the Northwest Indian War

A portrait of Charles Scott
DateMay 1791
Location40°24′3″N 86°57′36″W / 40.40083°N 86.96000°W / 40.40083; -86.96000
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States Wabash Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Charles Scott
James Wilkinson
Unknown
Casualties and losses
5 wounded 32 killed
41 captured
Blackberry Campaign is located in Indiana
Fort Washington
Fort Washington
St. Clair's Defeat
St. Clair's Defeat
Kekionga
Kekionga
Ouiatenon
Ouiatenon
Louisville
Louisville

The Blackberry Campaign is the name given to a May 1791 expedition led by Charles Scott against Native Americans of the lower Wabash Valley, primarily Wea, Kickapoo, Miami, and Potawatomi. The intent of the campaign was to demonstrate the vulnerability of Native American villages in the Northwest Territory, to take captives who could be used for peace negotiations, and to keep the forces of the Western Confederacy off balance in preparation for a larger campaign led by Arthur St. Clair. The name Blackberry Campaign was given because soldiers stopped to pick berries to supplement their food supplies.[1]

  1. ^ Heighway, David (11 April 2019). "The Blackberry Campaign". Hamilton East Public Library. Retrieved 13 March 2020.