▁the ▁W ab ash ▁or ▁St . ▁Cla ir ' s ▁De fe at . ▁N umer ous ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁narr ative ▁contradict ▁established ▁facts ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 9 1 ▁campaign , ▁and ▁other ▁events ▁seem ▁to ▁be ▁emb ell ish ments ▁supplied ▁by ▁someone ▁un famil iar ▁with ▁the ▁western ▁ge ography ▁or ▁actual ities ▁of ▁Indian ▁war fare . ▁ ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁Be ers ' s ▁Al man ac ▁and ▁E ph em era ▁... ▁for ▁ 1 7 9 3 ▁( H art ford , ▁ 1 7 9 2 ). ▁It ▁proved ▁exceed ingly ▁popular , ▁ ▁and ▁had ▁at ▁least ▁eight ▁repr int ▁ed itions ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁two ▁years . ▁Its ▁publication ▁followed ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁un success ful ▁military ▁campaign s ▁against ▁a ▁coal ition ▁of ▁Native ▁Americans ▁in ▁Ohio , ▁led ▁by ▁Little ▁T urt le ▁and ▁Blue ▁Jack et , ▁that ▁included ▁Miami , ▁Shaw ne e , ▁K ick ap oo , ▁P ian k ash aw , ▁We a , ▁and ▁Del aware ▁tribes . ▁The ▁North west ▁Territ ory ▁was ▁rendered ▁unsafe ▁for ▁settlement , ▁and ▁President ▁George ▁Washington ▁and ▁Congress ▁were ▁endeav oring ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁standing ▁army ▁and ▁provide ▁for ▁defense ▁of ▁the ▁front ier . ▁The ▁“ J oh on net ” ▁narr ative ▁pack ed ▁much ▁action ▁and ▁advent ure ▁in ▁a ▁relatively ▁short ▁space , ▁and ▁its ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁Indians ▁served ▁to ▁justify