What was the result of U.S. Army General Josiah Harmar's September 1790 march into the Ohio territory of the Miami and Shawnees?
A) It stopped all Indian attacks on frontier settlements in the Ohio and Indiana territories.
B) General Harmar's army was defeated by Shawnees, Miamis, and Pottawattamies and 500 Americans were killed before the rest retreated.
C) Most of the attempts at negotiating peace with Indian tribes in the Ohio and Indiana territories succeeded.
D) White settlement west of the Ohio River slowed to a trickle.
Answer: B
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