Upper Sandusky was a 19th century Wyandot town, near what is now Upper Sandusky, Ohio

Upper Sandusky, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,533 people, 2,744 households, and 1,682 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,246.2 people per square mile . There were 2,910 housing units at an average density of 555.1 per square mile...

, in the United States

United States

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. It was the primary Wyandot town during the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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 (1775–1783), and was sometimes also known as Half-King's Town, after Dunquat

Dunquat

Dunquat, known as the Half-King of the Wyandot people, sided with the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War. He and his people moved to the Ohio country to fight the Americans in the west. During the war, he protected Christian Delaware people from other members of their tribe...

, the Wyandot "Half-King". The town and the surrounding settlements, like Captain Pipe

Captain Pipe

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's Town, were closely allied with the British at Fort Detroit

Fort Detroit

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. During the Sandusky Expedition

Crawford expedition

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 of 1782, Pennsylvania militiamen sought to destroy the town, but were defeated en route.

After the war, in September 1783, a number of American Indians met at Upper Sandusky and formed the Western Confederacy

Western Confederacy

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, a confederation intended to resist U.S. expansion into the Northwest Territory

Northwest Territory

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. The Northwest Indian War

Northwest Indian War

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followed.