The government officials apparently accepted Harrison’s advice since the proposal to sell the Fort Wayne lands was laid aside. It is fortunate that this land was not sold, for it is unlikely that any farmers would have been attracted to this remote spot in northern Indiana during the forthcoming years of Indian difficulties on the frontier. If any settlers had come, it is doubtful that they could have survived the War of 1812. Consequently, Fort Wayne was destined to remain until the end of that war primarily a government outpost of diplomacy, defense, and trade, represented by the Indian agency, the military garrison, and the government factory. There were a few farms of value, such as those of Wells and the officers, but while the land was fertile, the market was too distant for the crops to bring any considerable return. The civilians living in the neighborhood were, for the most part, French families who still found the fur trade profitable, along with a few American traders and sutlers. None of these people held any title to the lands they occupied. [1]Lieut. John Boyer, “Daily Journal of Wayne’s Campaign,” _Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections_, XXXIV, 554. [2]T. B. Helm, _History of Allen County, Indiana_, p. 37. [3]Lieut. William Clark, famous explorer of the great Northwest, was an officer in Wayne’s Legion at the time of the construction of Fort Wayne. [4]Lieut. Boyer, _loc. cit._, p. 556. [5]Wayne to Knox, Oct. 17, 1794, quoted in Charles Slocum. _Op. cit._, p. 217. [6]Lieut. Boyer, _loc. cit._, p. 561. [7]Charles Slocum, _op. cit._, p. 221. [8]Hamtramck to Wayne, Aug. 13, 1795, Hamtramck Papers, Burton Historical Collection. [9]Hamtramck to Wayne, Dec. 5, 1794, _Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections_, XXXLV, 734. [10]Concerning Jacques Lasselle see _Above_, [p. 14.] [11]Charlotte Reeve Conover, _Concerning the Forefathers_, p. 69. [12]Harry Wildes, _Anthony Wayne_, p. 438. [13]H. S. Knapp, _op. cit._, p. 357. [14]_Ibid._, p. 357. [15]Otho Winger, _The Last of the Miamis_, p. 8. [16]Comte De Volney, _View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America_, p. 413. [17]Hamtramck to Wayne, July 18, 1793, Hamtramck Papers, Penn Historical Society, microfilm at Burton Historical Collection. [18]Milo N. Quaife, _Chicago From Indian Wigwam to Modern City_, p. 122. [19]Harry Wildes, _op. cit._, p. 435. [20]_Indiana Historical Collections, XV, Fort Wayne Gateway of the West, Garrison Orderly Books, Indian Agency Account Book_, ed. Bert J. Griswold, p. 87 ff. [21]Philip Ostrander to George Hoffman, Oct. 4, 1807, Kingsbury Papers, Chicago Historical Society Library. [22]John Whipple to J. Kingsbury, Sept. 10, 1804, Kingsbury Papers, Chicago Historical Society Library. [23]_Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections_, VIII, 445. [24]Comte de Volney, _op. cit._, p. 332.