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Viaaof the American Revolution,Inscription on the plaque reads: “At Le Petit Fort, near this site, a battle was fought on Dec. 5, 1780, between American forces under command of Lt. Thomas Brady and Jean Baptiste Hamelin I and British forces under command -e of Dahreau De Quindre.” t•Among those present Monday were H. B. Stanton, park superintendent; Norris B. Coambs, ^ president Duneland Historical so- ? ciety; Dr. Powell Moore, historian !-of Ogden Dunes; Mrs. John Good-jJ pasture, chaplain, Gary DAE; Mrs, Gail Lamson, Crown Point, State DAR historian; Mrs. Herbert Hill, Fountaintown; Mrs. William Cog-well, Bloomington; Mrs. Natile Jane Schultz, Logansport, and Mrs. MaxwelL Chaplan, Rockville.The fort was manned by the French for 46 years, and by the British for 18 years thereafter.Reverts To IndiansAfter it was formally abandoned by the English in 1781. the site reverted to the Indians, and was in turn claimed by the Weas, the Miamis, and the Pottawatimies,H finallv Wflmp a nant of the.I
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Valparaiso Vidette Messenger
Valparaiso, Indiana, US
Tue, May 21, 1957
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