Acting under orders from the British commandant at Detroit, Capt. Henry Bird landed near here with 200 Canadian rangers and 600 Indians—Shawnees, Ottawas, Hurons, Mingoes, Chippewas, Delawares, and ’Taways—to attack the frontier forts of Kentucky. News of George Rogers Clark’s approach caused their hasty retreat with 400 captives from Kentucky forts.