[Footnote: American State Papers, IV., 490, Wayne to Secretary of War, Aug.

14, 1794.] The Indians had cleared and tilled immense fields, and the troops revelled in the fresh vegetables and ears of roasted corn, and enjoyed the rest; [Footnote: Bradley MSS.

Letter of Captain Daniel Bradley to Ebenezer Banks, Grand Glaize, August 28, 1794.] for during the march the labor of cutting a road through the thick forest had been very severe, while the water was bad and the mosquitoes were exceedingly troublesome.

At one place a tree fell on Wayne and nearly killed him; but though somewhat crippled he continued as active and vigilant as ever.

[Footnote: American Pioneer, I., 317, Daily Journal of Wayne's Campaign.