Answer:
Also known as the battle of Fort San Carlos
Step-by-step explanation:
On May 26, 1780, a hodgepodge force of 300 townsfolk, free and enslaved blacks, French settlers, and Spanish soldiers rallied to defend their town from the advance of a combined British and Native American force.
The Native Americans, whose numbers included warriors from the Sioux, who made up the largest number with 200, being joined by Chippewa, Menominee, and Winnebago, with various other tribes from the local area committing forces as well. Altogether the warriors numbered around 750 to 1,000 accompanying the former British fur-traders turned militia, which numbered approximately 20. Chippewa Chief Matchekewis was the overall commander.
Fort San Carlos comprised a single tower, approximately 30 to 40 feet, with trenches extending to the river. The initial plan had called for the construction of four stone towers altogether but time and resources limited the fort to just one. Artillery taken from another nearby military installation allowed for three 4-pound and two 6-pound cannons to be mounted in the tower with various other caliber artillery pieces on either end of the trench line. The Spanish commander of St. Louis, an already important trading hub on the grand Mississippi River, Lieutenant Governor Fernando de Leyba had taken advantage of information gleaned from another fur trader that had brought news of the impending strike by the British and their Native American allies.