<P> Blue Jacket took a defensive position along the Maumee River , not far from present - day Toledo , Ohio , where a stand of trees ( the `` fallen timbers '' ) had been blown down by a recent storm . They thought the trees would slow the advance of Wayne 's Legion . Fort Miami , a nearby British outpost on American soil , had supplied the Native American confederacy with provisions . The Native American forces , numbering about 1,500 , were composed of Blue Jacket 's Shawnees , Buckongahelas 's Delawares , Miamis led by Little Turtle , Wyandots led by Roundhead ( Wyandot ) , Ojibwas , Ottawas led by Turkey Foot , Potawatomis , Mingos , and a British company of Canadian militiamen under Captain Alexander McKillop . </P>
<P> Blue Jacket took a defensive position along the Maumee River , not far from present - day Toledo , Ohio , where a stand of trees ( the `` fallen timbers '' ) had been blown down by a recent storm . They thought the trees would slow the advance of Wayne 's Legion . Fort Miami , a nearby British outpost on American soil , had supplied the Native American confederacy with provisions . The Native American forces , numbering about 1,500 , were composed of Blue Jacket 's Shawnees , Buckongahelas 's Delawares , Miamis led by Little Turtle , Wyandots led by Roundhead ( Wyandot ) , Ojibwas , Ottawas led by Turkey Foot , Potawatomis , Mingos , and a British company of Canadian militiamen under Captain Alexander McKillop . </P>
where was the battle of the fallen timbers
where was the battle of the fallen timbers
along the Maumee River , not far from present - day Toledo , Ohio
along the Maumee River , not far from present - day Toledo , Ohio