seize a British trading post on the Eel near present-day Columbia City, was destroyed by the Miami led by Chief Michikinikwa, also known as "Little Turtle". On 19 October 1790, Chief Michikinikwa's warriors surprised and virtually annihilated a U.S. force under Colonel John Hardin in the Eel bottomlands southeast of present-day Churubusco. On 7 August 1791, the Eel was the scene of another battle, when General James Wilkinson destroyed the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua upstream from present-day Logansport. In September 1812, Colonel James Simrall, acting under orders from General William Henry Harrison, ravaged Miami farms and villages along the Eel in present-day Whitley County. He defeated a Miami force that stood and fought. Literary reference Ross Lockridge Jr., Raintree County, Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1948), pp. 93–94. See also List of rivers of Indiana Eel River Tribe Notes and references Bibliography External links Sequential Development of Eel River and Cedar Creek Little Turtle, the Great Eel River Chief DEAD LINK The Eel River Post and Fort DEAD LINK Along the Eel DEAD LINK Introduction to the Eel River DEAD LINK The Eel River of Northern Indiana DEAD LINK Rivers of Indiana Battle of Eel River Tributaries of the Wabash River Rivers of Cass County, Indiana Rivers of Miami County, Indiana Rivers of Wabash County, Indiana Rivers of Kosciusko County, Indiana Rivers of Whitley County, Indiana Rivers of Allen County, Indiana