In June, 1794, Wells, Miller, and a third spy, Robert McClellan, were sent out by Wayne with special instructions to bring in a live Indian.

McClellan, who a number of years afterwards became a famous plainsman and Rocky Mountain man, was remarkably swift of foot.

Near the Glaize River they found three Indians roasting venison by a fire, on a high open piece of ground, clear of brushwood.

By taking advantage of the cover yielded by a fallen treetop the three scouts crawled within seventy yards of the camp fire; and Wells and Miller agreed to fire at the two outermost Indians, while McClellan, as soon as they had fired, was to dash in and run down the third.

As the rifles cracked the two doomed warriors fell dead in their tracks; while McClellan bounded forward at full speed, tomahawk in hand.