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CAPTAIN WATSON’S COMPANY MARCHED NORTH AND BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF A BLOCKHOUSE ON THE WEST BANK OF MILL CREEK NEAR THE OLD INDIAN TRAIL. THE GROUP BUILT A TWO-STORY HEWN LOG BLOCKHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 15′ BY 24′ WITH 4″ GUN PORTS ALONG THE SIDES. THEY GARRISONED THE STRUCTURE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS UNTIL PERSUADED BY JONATHAN ALDER, A FORMER INDIAN CAPTIVE, TO ABANDON THE PURSUIT. ALDER BELIEVED THE INDIANS WOULD BYPASS THE BLOCKHOUSE AND DESCEND UPON THE SETTLEMENTS. NO INDIAN RAIDS OCCURRED AND CALM RETURNED TO THE FRONTIER SETTLEMENTS ESPECIALLY AFTER THE AMERICAN VICTORIES AT FORT MEIGS AND FORT STEPHENSON IN JULY 1813 AND THE BATTLE OF THAMES IN OCTOBER 1813.
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