Blackberry Campaign

Blackberry Campaign
Part of the Northwest Indian War
A portrait of Charles Scott
Date May 1791 Location Northwest Territory 40°24′3″N 86°57′36″W / 40.40083°N 86.96000°W / 40.40083; -86.96000 Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Wabash Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Charles Scott James Wilkinson	Unknown
Casualties and losses
5 wounded	32 killed 41 captured

Fort Washington

St. Clair's Defeat

Kekionga

Ouiatenon

Louisville

The Blackberry Campaign is the name given to a May 1791 expedition led by Charles Scott against Native Americans of the lower Wabash Valley, primarily Wea, Kickapoo, Miami, and Potawatomi. The intent of the campaign was to demonstrate the vulnerability of Native American villages in the Northwest Territory, to take captives who could be used for peace negotiations, and to keep the forces of the Western Confederacy off balance in preparation for a larger campaign led by Arthur St. Clair. The name Blackberry Campaign was given because soldiers stopped to pick berries to supplement their food supplies.^[1]