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Native · 1791

Wea towns at Ouiatenon and Scott's 1791 Kentucky raid

The Wea (Waayaahtanwa), Miami–Illinois speakers, made Ouiatenon on the Wabash their principal town and a French fur-trade hub after Beaver Wars displacements.

In June 1791, Gen. Charles Scott led about 800 Kentucky mounted volunteers from Limestone (Maysville) and burned Wea and Kickapoo villages plus hundreds of acres of corn—a scorched-earth strike in the Northwest Indian War that scattered the hub without a pitched battle.

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Snowden, Shannon. "Wea towns at Ouiatenon and Scott's 1791 Kentucky raid." Kentucky History Drive. Published September 21, 2026. Last revised September 21, 2026. https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/wea-towns-at-ouiatenon-and-scotts-1791-kentucky-raid/.

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Snowden, Shannon. "Wea towns at Ouiatenon and Scott's 1791 Kentucky raid." Kentucky History Drive, published 21 Sept. 2026, last revised 21 Sept. 2026, https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/wea-towns-at-ouiatenon-and-scotts-1791-kentucky-raid/.

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