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March 4, 1814 Battle of Longwoods

This battle was fought near where present day Wardsville, Ontario is located which is between Chippewa of the Thames Reserve and Big Bear Creek Reserve (aka Moravian Reserve). After War of 1812, a large Ojibway Reserve was created where Big Bear Creek Reserve and Chippewa of the Thames Reserve is. White leaders refused to honor treaty agreements. Chippewa of the Thames Ojibway Reserve possibly extended 40 or so miles or 64.5 kilometers along Thames River and may have been 10 miles or 16.1 kilometers on each side of Thames River. A very large yet scattered Ojibway population was living in southern Ontario during those times. They prefer naming themselves Mississaugas yet they are Swan Creek and Black River Chippewa's or Saginaw Ojibway's. Ojibwa's from Rice Lake, Ontario knew they were Shawnee Ojibwa's or southern Ojibwa's. White soldiers who participated at this battle, were a part of William Henry Harrison's force who had fought the brave Ojibway Soldiers at Battle of the Thames. Before Battle of the Thames, those 8,000 white soldiers under Harrison's command had recaptured Fort Detroit and Fort Malden, which was just south of Fort Detroit. A force of 480 white soldiers had left Fort Malden on February 21, 1814, to march towards the region (Delaware, Ontario) between far western Lake Ontario and Fort Malden, which was still Ojibway country, to carry out a military expedition against Ojibway Soldiers congregated there. They knew from scouts that the Anishinabek were preparing for future military offensives in that region. The Anishinabek had to deal with white soldiers advancing into their kingdom from the Michigan and Ohio region, and the New York and Quebec region, as well as from Lake Erie. In the battle that was fought on March 4, 1814, white soldiers defeated the force of brave Ojibway Soldiers after about two hours of fighting. Though the small force of white soldiers had won, they did not carry out their orders to destroy the Indian military camp near where Delaware, Ontario is situated. They eventually learned that there were far too many Ojibway Soldiers in that region. White casualties in the battle were 18 killed and 55 wounded. Ojibway leaders were preparing their people for more white military forces invading their southern Ontario land.