The greatest defeat of the U.S in history. Battle Of the Wabash. A battle that occurred Nov. 4, 1791. St. Clair who was the governor of what colonists were calling the Ohio territory. St. Clair tried to lead 1400 troops against a confederacy of indigenous tribes who’s forces were 1000 to 1200. St. Clair became overconfident. The indigenous confederacy was able to form a crescent moon shape around the u.s army killing almost all of the troops leaving them only one direction to retreat. This tactic would have made even general Sun Tzu smile. The indigenous confederacy took minimal loses. The indigenous forces included Little Turtle of the Miami’s, Blue Jacket War Chief of the Shawnee who forever turned his back on the whites and proved himself under the leadership of Tecumseh, also present were Delawares, and the Potowatomi.
The Indigenous victory in the Battle of Wabash on November 4 1791 was the most overwhelming military victory by Indigenous nations in our fight against colonialism. It was such a huge win for indigenous people, that the U.S has tried to cover up the event, also known as St. Clair’s Defeat.
People may be anxious with the elections, and world events but we can find hope with this victory of pan indigenous warriors against colonialism 200 years ago!
Colonizers are mortal, and the colonial empires they build are not invincible – they’re constantly crumbling from the inside with internal contradictions that can never been resolved. With luck to be at the right time and place, and with organization and numbers, empires can die.
The pan indigenous warriors of the Western Confederacy prove we can win.
When the amerikkkan revolution ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Great Britain gave colonial control over the Eastern coast of Turtle Island. The amerikkkan frontier — the border between the settler colonies, and Indigenous lands — was around the Ohio River.
George Washington placed another colonist, Arthur St. Clair, into two very important positions: the leader of the u.s. Army and also the governor of the “Northwest Territory”, the Indigenous lands to the west of the Ohio River.
A confederacy of colonized Indigenous nations united — Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Wea, Pianka Shaw, Wyandot, Mississauga, Menominee, Shawnee, Lenape, Miami, Kickapoo, Kaskaskia, Chickamauga Cherokee, and Upper Muscogee — all in rejection of U.S claims to the Northwest Territory.
They also knew that through their unity to reclaim the land, victory was guaranteed. So, they united their fighting forces into a pan indigenous alliance known as the Western Confederacy.
At the same time, Washington ordered army general St. Clair to remove the anticolonial warriors, and so St. Clair gathered all the colonizers he could to try and go and fight. He first had 2,000 but the colonizers were so lazy that half the cowards left.
When they got to the Wabash River the colonial army set up camp. Nearby, the Western confederacy, led by Little Turtle of the Miamis, Blue Jacket of the Shawnees, and Buckongahelas of the Delawares spied upon the settlers.
Early on the morning of November 4 1791, the pan indigenous warriors launched their strike.
The colonists crumbled under the organized strength and tactics of the pan indigenous warriors. The Western Confederacy had fewer fighters than the colonial army, and it was a massive military victory against colonialism.
After 3 hours of fighting, only 200 colonizers were able to escape with their lives with roughly one thousand dead.
This enormous loss for the colonists undermined the u.s and gave power back to Indigenous nations. Washington forced St. Clair to resign, and the next u.s. army leader had to remake the military from scratch.
“THE FORTUNES OF THIS DAY HAVE BEEN AS THE CRUELEST TEMPEST TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY AND THIS ARMY, AND WILL BLACKEN A FULL PAGE IN THE FUTURE ANNALS OF AMERICA”
colonist who survived the battle
Was the amerikkkan victory against Great Britain a fluke? Would the country continue to lose in military battles?
The Western Confederacy continued our anti-colonial resistance, but in the decades after the colonizers gained control over the region and formed the state of Ohio there. The Indigenous nations continued to resist, but we were removed from our homelands.
Ultimately, control over land is the source of power. The pan indigenous alliance known as the Western Confederacy was able to badly defeat the u.s army by having control over our land and our strength of unity.
Centuries later, the colonial nation is again crumbling with disorganization and corruption. Colonizers and sellouts are deeply divided about which colonizer candidate they want to control the White House.
The fledgling pan indigenous government is getting stronger, and more united day by day.
To continue the victorious legacy of the Battle of Wabash, join I.S.R today and build the pan indigenous government. 7
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