The next military general to take on the Miami, Shawnee and other Great Lakes tribes, was General "Mad" (a term his men used) Anthony Wayne. America’s military attempt to secure the region had resulted in the construction of many forts, including: Ft. Greene Ville, 1793; Ft. Recovery 1793 (built on the site of St. Clair’s massacre); Ft. Piqua, 1795, and Ft. Loramie in Shelby County, Ohio, 1795. All four forts were built by Wayne.

In 1794, Wayne, with a force of 2,000 well-trained men, 1,000 Kentucky sharpshooters, and a group of Chickasaw and Choctaw scouts prepared to move north. Before his army left Fort Washington, a force of 2,500 coalition Indians, led by Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, and obvious ‘Redcoats", were beaten and repulsed in an attack on Fort Recovery, June 30, 1794.

Although the Americans suffered an early loss of 50 riflemen outside the stockade, the fort proved, in two days of battle, to be an impenetrable defense, resulting in the coalition’s first loss in the war now known as Little Turtle’s War. Following the defeat, Little Turtle felt it was time to talk peace.