24 Facts About Captain Logan

Captain Logan was killed in a skirmish with British-allied Native Americans, and was buried with military honors by the Americans, making Captain Logan "the foremost Indian hero on the American side" of the War of 1812.

Captain Logan was born Spemica Lawba in the Ohio Country in or around 1776.

Captain Logan belonged to the Mekoche division of the Shawnee tribe.

Indian agent John Johnston, who knew Captain Logan, said Captain Logan was not related by blood to Tecumseh.

Some accounts stated that Captain Logan's mother was Tecumseh's sister, which is incorrect, though the two women were possibly related.

Captain Logan fought against the United States in the ensuing Northwest Indian War between 1786 and 1795.

Captain Logan married a Shawnee woman named Rebecca and had four children.

Captain Logan was not a village chief but he attended the Wapakoneta councils as a war chief.

In June 1812, as the war approached, Captain Logan served as a guide for American General William Hull as Hull marched his men through Ohio toward Detroit.

In July 1812, Captain Logan visited Fort Malden in Upper Canada in an unsuccessful attempt to convince Tecumseh to abandon the British alliance.

Tecumseh and James Captain Logan were friends, both destined to end their lives in this war, fighting for different "Fathers" in whose causes they took no intrinsic interest.

Captain Logan felt that Tecumseh would be crushed with the British; Tecumseh that the confederacy and British alliance were the red men's only hope of saving their lands, culture, and independence.

Captain Logan told Logan that the Creeks were pledged to join him, and spoke of many other Indians who stood ready to fight.

Indian agent John Johnston, stationed in Piqua, Ohio, recruited Captain Logan to go to Fort Wayne and bring twenty-five women and children back to Piqua.

Johnston then hired Captain Logan to serve as a guide and scout for a new American army, this time commanded by William Henry Harrison.

In September 1812, Captain Logan made another trip to Fort Wayne, passing through enemy lines.

Captain Logan reported back to the Americans that Fort Wayne was under siege, then guided Harrison's army to relieve the fort.

Captain Logan refused to participate in Harrison's punitive expeditions against nearby Native villages after the fort had been secured, though he continued to scout for Harrison's army.

In November 1812, Captain Logan's party was scattered by a superior force while scouting near the rapids of the Maumee River.

Captain Logan escaped and reached the wing of the American army led by General James Winchester.

On November 22,1812, Captain Logan sought to prove his reliability by leading another scouting mission back towards the rapids.

Winamec was killed and Captain Logan was hit in the abdomen.

In honor of his service, the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs granted Captain Logan's surviving children 640 acres on the east side of the Auglaize River, in present-day Auglaize County, Ohio.

Captain Logan was a young Shawnee interpreter who fought alongside Tecumseh, and was killed in the Battle of Brownstown on August 5,1812.