He sent out a first army under General St.Clair, but it was taken in ambush by the Indians and nearly wiped out--a disaster which caused almost a panic throughout the Western country.

Washington felt the losses deeply, but he had no intention of being beaten there.

He organized a second army, gave it to General Wayne to command, who finally brought the Six Nations to terms.

The Indians in the South still remained unpacified and lawless.
Washington made another prolonged trip, this time through the Southern States, which greatly improved his health and gave an opportunity of seeing many of the public men, and enabled the population to greet for the first time their President.

Meanwhile the seeds of partisan feuds grew apace, as they could not fail to do where two of the ablest politicians ever known in the United States sat in the same Cabinet and pursued with unremitting energy ideas that were mutually uncompromising.