The Miami were not naive to the European invaders. They have had a long history of resistance to any domination, starting with the French. Pressure from the misplaced Iroquois in the East had moved many bands to the shores of Lake Michigan. In the mid-17th century, French traders and missionaries came into contact with the Miami. By the end of the 17th century, the French were openly trading with the Miami. The British victory over the French in the Seven Years' War created a British presence in the Miami area, and the tribes benefited from British trade. Native Americans were seasonal warriors. Without a supply structure, they could only sustain themselves for short periods in battle, and each warrior was responsible for individual supplies. The Native Americans fought for only a few days without any source of food. Even in a coordinated battle, tribes fought for individual formations and independent victories. Victory meant inflicting more casualties and prisoners than the fighting tribe. The battle would only continue if the casualty count meant the enemy suffered greater casualties. A council of leaders met before St. Clair's arrival and decided the tactics of the battle. By maneuvering in a crescent-shaped formation before the attack, individual tribes had the advantage of surrounding the Americans. Knowing that they might be days out of food supplies and limited in their ability to raise a large force, the Americans played into the hands of the Native Americans. The Indians had tested their tactics in centuries of warfare with each other and had learned from the forty-year war against the English, French, and Americans when they planned the attack on St. Clair. Clair's army attempted to train during the journey and many have...... half of paper ......n1 (accessed 25 May 2014). Roosevelt, Theodore. The defeat of St. Clair. Sl: Harper's, 1896. Print.Sargent, Winthrop . "War Department Documents." War Department documents. http://wardepartmentpapers.org/docimage.php?id=5895&docColID=6385 (accessed March 14, 2014).Sonneborn, Liz. Timeline of American Indian history: the trace of the wind. New York: Facts on File, 2001. Print.Tebbel, John William. The Battle of the Fallen Woods, August 20, 1794; President Washington protects the Ohio Valley. New York: F. Watts, 1972. “The Militia Law of 1792.” The Militia Act of 1792. http://www.constitution.org/mil/mil_act_1792.htm (accessed May 25, 2014).Winkler, John F., and Peter Dennis. Wabash 1791: Defeat of St. Clair. Botley, Oxford: Osprey, 2011. Kindle edition. Yenne, Bill. Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2006.