| Battle of Kenapacomaqua | |||||||
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| Part of the Northwest Indian War | |||||||
 A portrait of James Wilkinson | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States | Wea | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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James Wilkinson | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 525 | 8 (in village – others on patrol in forest areas) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 killed 1 wounded |
9 killed 34 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Kenapacomaqua, also called the Battle of Old Town,[1] was a raid in 1791 by United States forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier General) James Wilkinson on the Miami (Wea) town of Kenapacomaqua on the Eel River, approximately six miles upstream from present-day Logansport, Indiana.[2][3]
- ^ The action had no official name. Wilkinson's account of the operation refers to the town both by its Miami name (which means "Eel River Town") and its French name, "L'Anguille." "Old Town" or "Olde Towne" was a name given the town by later Anglo-American settlers.
- ^ Powell, 125–126
- ^ Barce, 188–194