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General Anthony Wayne Historic Newspaper Articles
These are links to historical online newspapers as published. We have several Indian Native American pages.
Go to: 1795 Treaty of Greenville flag.
1899 - Gen. Anthony Wayne in Fort Wayne Weekly Journal nameplate
Article from Jun 1, 1899 Fort Wayne Weekly Journal (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1899, Anthony wayne, Newspaper nameplate1899 - Gen. Anthony Wayne in Fort Wayne Weekly Journal nameplate Fort Wayne Weekly Journal, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thursday, June 1, 1899, Page 1. All online issues have the dark mark up the middle which could be from a fold line from folding the paper newspaper?
1875 - Mad Anthony - A Glimpse of Gen. Anthony Wayne as Appeared in the Times that Tried Men's Souls The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Monday, Jun 21, 1875, Page 11875 - Mad Anthony - A Glimpse of Gen. Anthony Wayne as Appeared in the Times that Tried Men's Souls
Article from Jun 21, 1875 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1875, Mad anthony
1878 - Mad Anthony's Unlucky Days The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thursday, June 13, 1878, Page 31878 - Mad Anthony's Unlucky Days
Article from Jun 13, 1878 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1878, Mad anthony
Article from Aug 26, 1896 Fort Wayne Daily News (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1896, Anthony Wayne, Ghost1896 - The Ghost of Wayne Fort Wayne Daily News, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Wednesday, August 26, 1896, Page 2
Enhanced version: 1896 - The Ghost of Wayne Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Wednesday, August 26, 1896, Page 2
A flag given by General Anthony Wayne to a Native American leader at the signing of the Treaty of Greenville.
1902 - Mad Anthony Wayne's Flag - A Relic of the Maumee Campaign is Recovered
Article from May 25, 1902 The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1902, Anthony wayne, Flag1902 - Mad Anthony Wayne's Flag - A Relic of the Maumee Campaign is Recovered The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sunday, May 25, 1902, Page 5.
MAD ANTHONY WAYNE'S FLAG.
A Relic of the Maumee Campaign is Recovered.
The old battle flag carried in his Ohio fights by General Wayne, more generally known as "Mad Anthony," and supposed for some years to have been lost, has just come to light, says a Wabash, Ind., special to the St. Louis Republic.
It was recently sold by a Miami Indian to Doctor Henry G. Moore, of this city.
The flag is made of homespun linen, with thirteen red, white and blue stripes, and in the upper right hand corner away from the staff in faded red letters, is the name of Wayne.
Underneath in letters so small that they can only be read by close examination are the words "Commander in Chief."
The many bullet holes in its canvass show that it was on the firing line.
The old standard has been vainly searched for for years by curio collectors and admirers of "Mad Anthony." It was by the merest chance that Doctor Moore, who has scoured the country in search of historical relics, came upon it.
While visiting the red men in Rich Valley, near Wabash, the doctor made the acquaintance of an old Indian squaw, a woman who, the people of the place declare, has turned the century mark. She herself does not know her age but judging from her memory of historical happenings and conditions of the country, her years must be past the three score and ten.
Mrs. Revarre is the name by which this venerable squaw is known today. When she held an important position in the tribe of Miami Indians nearly half a century ago she was called Kil-so-quah.
The newspaper article continues online...
Indiana history bulletin, volume 70, number 04, December 1999. IHBv70n04p12 on Indiana State Library Digital Collection.
A picture of a flag given by General Anthony Wayne to a Native American leader at the signing of the Treaty of Greenville. The flag is made of 15 horizontal strips in repeating order of blue, white and red. The free edge of the flag is lightly tattered. At the very top of the flag is a rectangular overlay of white fabric where the name "A. Wayne" appears very faintly.]
Caption under the image:
This flag was presented to the Miami chief She-Moc-E-Nish by General Anthony Wayne at the Treaty of Greenville in Ohio in 1795. It is reputed to be the only remaining example of flags presented by General Anthony Wayne to Indian chiefs at Greenville in 1795.
The flag was handed down through two granddaughters of the chief. It is composed of fifteen stripes, red, white, and blue, made of domestic bunting, probably originally 3'6" by 6'. The white linen field contains, in place of stars, the inscription, "A. Wayne, Commander in Chief."
The flag was given to the Indiana Historical Bureau by Dr. Perry G. Moore of Wabash. Moore practiced medicine and attended many of the Miami Indians who were still living in the upper Wabash Valley in the mid to late nineteenth century.
Flag was found thanks to Becky Osbun post August 7, 2024 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
File:A.Wayne flag - Greenville 1795.jpg at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Flag given by General Anthony Wayne to Miami chief She-Moc-E-Nish at the w:Treaty of Greenville, 1795. Links to Anthony Wayne Flag (Greenville Treaty Flag) at the Indiana Historical Bureau shown below:
Anthony Wayne Flag (Greenville Treaty Flag)
This flag was presented to the Miami chief She-Moc-E-Nish by General Anthony Wayne at the Treaty of Greenville in Ohio in 1795. The flag was handed down through two granddaughters of the chief. It is composed of fifteen stripes, red, white, and blue, made of domestic bunting, probably originally 3 feet 6 inches by 6 feet. The white linen field contains, in place of stars, the inscription, "A. Wayne, Commander in Chief."
- Affidavit - Dr. Perry G. Moore, August 30, 1923
- Greenville Treaty Flag Article, January 1937
- Greenville Treaty Flag Article, July 1937
The General Anthony Wayne Flag is on loan to the Eiteljorg Museum in its exhibit Mihtohseenionki: The People’s Place.
1902 - Mad Anthony Wayne's Greatest Victory - Review of the Battle of Stony Point The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sunday, June 29, 1902, Page 131902 - Mad Anthony Wayne's Greatest Victory - Review of the Battle of Stony Point
Article from Jun 29, 1902 The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1902, Anthony wayne, Stony point
1903 - A New History of General Wayne By John R. Spears
Article from Sep 6, 1903 The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1903, Anthony wayne1903 - A New History of General Wayne By John R. Spears The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sunday, September 6, 1903, Page 5
Dark version: A New History of General Wayne By John R. SpearsFort Wayne Weekly Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thursday, September 10, 1903, Page 12
1908 - The Spirit of Mad Anthony - references the "Court House Lady" The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sunday, September 13, 1908, Page 151908 - The Spirit of Mad Anthony - references the "Court House Lady"
Article from Sep 13, 1908 The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1908, "Mad Anthony" Wayne, Court house lady
1910 - Mad Anthony's Flag of Peace The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sunday, May 22, 1910, Page 361910 - Mad Anthony's Flag of Peace
Article from May 22, 1910 The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1910, "mad anthony" wayne
1910 - The First Christmas in Fort Wayne, When Land was New - Mutterings Dis-Quiet Red Men
Article from Dec 25, 1910 The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1910, First christmas, Fort wayne, Indiana, Red men1910 - The First Christmas in Fort Wayne, When Land was New - Mutterings Dis-Quiet Red Men The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sunday, December 25, 1910, Page 15.
The First Christmas in Fort Wayne, When Land was New There Were Mutterings and Dis-Quiet Among the Defeated Red Men.
Much is left to the imagination in the now meager accounts of first winter spent by the troops in the new garrison of Fort Wayne, back in 1794 and 1795, and there are, no popular reports reminiscences at hand of that first Christmas. Yet the imagination does not have to search far for an idea, a word picture and a mind portrait of that first mid-winter holiday in the old blockhouse and stockades, with their Indians, their French, and American soldiers, battle-scarred veterans that they were.
Fortunately the page is fairly easy to read online by clicking and zooming the page online or reading the mostly accurate OCR at the bottom of the page.
1913 - "Ready!" Shouted "Mad Anthony" Wayne and His Brave Soldiers Stormed Stony Point Great Victory The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, August 9, 1913, Page 111913 - "Ready!" Shouted "Mad Anthony" Wayne and His Brave Soldiers Stormed Stony Point Great Victory
Article from Aug 9, 1913 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1913, "mad anthony" wayne, Stony point