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Author William Heath talks on the authentic story of William Wells’s remarkable life as described in his book "Blacksnake's Path." In 1784, when he was thirteen, Wells was captured in Kentucky by the Miami and taken to Indiana, where he was adopted by the village chief and named Blacksnake. He experienced a vision quest, learned to hunt, went on the warpath, married, and fathered a son. On 4 November 1791 he fought by the side of the great Miami war chief Little Turtle at St. Clair’s Defeat, the biggest victory the Indians ever won against the U. S. Army. His second wife was the chief’s daughter Sweet Breeze. A year later Wells switched sides and became head scout for General Mad Anthony Wayne at the decisive battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Taped for Terry Doran's Theater for Ideas show on Access Fort Wayne.