Moment of Indiana History
Arriving in Fort Wayne at the start of the War of 1812, an Ohio militiaman found the besieged garrison in a “deplorable situation.”
The prevailing attitude on the frontier was that killing Indians was not a crime, but this massacre sparked a fierce moral debate.
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