Fort Ouiatenon is in Indiana, blockhouse:
link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ouiatenon
After the surrender of New France to the British in September of 1760, Robert Rogers dispatched troops to occupy Ouiatenon. a contingent of British soldiers led by Lieutenant Edward Jenkins arrived in 1761, capturing and occupying the fort.[6]
On June 1, 1763, during Pontiac's War, the Wea, Kickapoo and Mascouten peoples captured Ouiatenon [7] when a group of braves simply walked in and took Lieutenant Jenkins and his few men as prisoners. They surprised Lieutenant Jenkins and his men and captured Fort Ouiatenon without firing a shot. Seven similar posts were also captured in the widespread Indian uprising against the British presence. Thanks to the intervention of two French fur traders who lived at the post, Jenkins and his men were not killed but were later released in an exchange of prisoners at Detroit.
The British made little use of Fort Ouiatenon after the French and Indian War; it was never garrisoned. In the mid-1770's, the fort was described 70 yards from the Wabash river.
The Ouattanon nation of Indians is on the opposite side, & the Kiccaposses are round the Fort, in both villages about 1000 men able to bear arms.[8]
As late as 1778, Ouiatenon was a staging ground for war parties fighting on behalf of the British government. [9]
Captain Leonard Helm and Lt. Bailey arrived in 1778 to secure the fort for the rebelling Americans. A British Indian agent named Celeron controlled the fort and tried to evacuate, but was captured with a force of 40 men.[10] A British company arrived and hoisted "St. George's Ensign" in the fort by December of the same year[11]. Shortly after the Americans captured Vincennes in 1779, Captain I. Shelby arrived in Ouiatenon and received promises of cooperation from the Wea. During the 1780s, however, local Indian tribes used it as a base of operations to stage raids against American settlers pushing westward. Consequently President George Washington ordered the fort to be destroyed in 1791.
link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ouiatenon
After the surrender of New France to the British in September of 1760, Robert Rogers dispatched troops to occupy Ouiatenon. a contingent of British soldiers led by Lieutenant Edward Jenkins arrived in 1761, capturing and occupying the fort.[6]
On June 1, 1763, during Pontiac's War, the Wea, Kickapoo and Mascouten peoples captured Ouiatenon [7] when a group of braves simply walked in and took Lieutenant Jenkins and his few men as prisoners. They surprised Lieutenant Jenkins and his men and captured Fort Ouiatenon without firing a shot. Seven similar posts were also captured in the widespread Indian uprising against the British presence. Thanks to the intervention of two French fur traders who lived at the post, Jenkins and his men were not killed but were later released in an exchange of prisoners at Detroit.
The British made little use of Fort Ouiatenon after the French and Indian War; it was never garrisoned. In the mid-1770's, the fort was described 70 yards from the Wabash river.
The Ouattanon nation of Indians is on the opposite side, & the Kiccaposses are round the Fort, in both villages about 1000 men able to bear arms.[8]
As late as 1778, Ouiatenon was a staging ground for war parties fighting on behalf of the British government. [9]
Captain Leonard Helm and Lt. Bailey arrived in 1778 to secure the fort for the rebelling Americans. A British Indian agent named Celeron controlled the fort and tried to evacuate, but was captured with a force of 40 men.[10] A British company arrived and hoisted "St. George's Ensign" in the fort by December of the same year[11]. Shortly after the Americans captured Vincennes in 1779, Captain I. Shelby arrived in Ouiatenon and received promises of cooperation from the Wea. During the 1780s, however, local Indian tribes used it as a base of operations to stage raids against American settlers pushing westward. Consequently President George Washington ordered the fort to be destroyed in 1791.