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There , on the 19th , Wayne called a council of war and adopted a plan of march and battle proposed by Lieutenant Harrison . '' `` Afterward general , papa ? '' `` Yes , nineteen years later he had become general-in-chief , and performed gallant exploits in this same valley of the Maumee . `` The next morning after that council , at eight o'clock , Wayne advanced according to that plan . They had gone forward about five miles when the advance corps , under Major Price , was terribly smitten by heavy volleys from the concealed foe and compelled to fall back . The enemy was full 2000 strong -- composed of Indians and Canadian volunteers , and they were arranged in three lines within supporting distance of each other . `` Wayne 's legion was immediately formed in two lines , principally in a dense wood on the borders of a wet prairie , where a large number of trees had been prostrated by a tornado , which made the movements of cavalry very difficult , besides affording a fine covert for the enemy .