Wells, William
soldier, was born about 1770, in Kentucky. When he was twelve years of age he was taken captive by the Miami Indians; and served with the Indians until 1790. Realizing that he was fighting against his own kindred, he set out for Gen. Anthony Wayne's army, and was made captain of a company of scouts. He subsequently Indian agent and justice of the peace near Fort Wayne, Ind. When he was informed in 1812 that Fort Dearborn was to be evacuated, he set out with thirty friendly Miami Indians as a body guard for the people on their route from Chicago to Fort Wayne. He arrived too late to prevent its evacuation, which he was certain would result in a massacre. Before they had gone two miles, five hundred Indians sprang from ambush, and massacred them all. He died Aug. 15, 1812, in Chicago, Ill.