Brodhead's Coshocton expedition

Coshocton Expedition Part of American Revolutionary War Date April 1781 Location Coshocton, Ohio Result American victory Belligerents  United States Friendly Delaware people Hostile Delaware people Commanders and leaders Daniel Brodhead Gelelemend ? Strength 284 80 Casualties and losses ? 15 killed, 20 prisoners

Western theater 1st Fort Henry Siege of Boonesborough Kaskaskia & Vincennes Vincennes Treaty of Fort Pitt Fort Laurens Chillicothe St. Louis Bird's expedition La Balme's Defeat Piqua Coshocton Lochry's Defeat Long Run Gnadenhütten Little Mountain Crawford expedition Bryan Station Blue Licks 2nd Fort Henry

Brodhead's Coshocton Expedition was a campaign by the United States against hostile Delaware Indians. Led by Daniel Brodhead, the Americans slaughtered the hostile Delawares.

Expedition

On April 7, Brodhead, 150 regulars, and 134 militiamen headed out along the Ohio River. Several of the Delawares had sided with the British, and raided the American soil. Some friendly Indians led by Gelelemend guided him to the nearby village of Coshocton, Ohio. He divided his men into three regiments, surprising the villagers, who laid their own village to waste. 15 warriors were killed and 20 civilians were taken prisoner. Then, he marched on Newcomer's Town where an Indian asked for the "Big Captain". Brodhead came out and asked for the enemy chiefs, promising that he would not kill them. But Lewis Wetzel, a militiaman, took out a tomahawk and killed the chief from behind. Then, Brodhead advanced to Newcomerstown and took a hunter captive after hearing his gunfire at a squirrel. Then, Brodhead returned to Pittsburgh. Later, in 1782, the colonists came back to the area to kill several Moravian Indians in what became known as the Gnadenhutten massacre.

References

By State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Lyman Copeland Draper, Reuben Gold Thwaites, Milo Milton Quaife