Wayne, Anthony (1745–1796)

American Revolutionary War officer and Indian fighter. He secured a treaty in 1795 that made possible the settlement of Ohio and Indiana. He built Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.

A surveyor and farmer, he was briefly active in politics before the Revolution. He assisted Benedict Arnold in his retreat from Québec, held a variety of increasingly important commands, was with George Washington at Valley Forge 1777–78, took Stony Point, New York, and was then trapped by Cornwallis' superior force at Green Spring, Virginia, but escaped and served under General Greene in Georgia before retiring to farming and business interests. President Washington recalled him 1792 as a major general to command the Army of the West against the Indians.