At the time of the investment of this place, there was a considerable body of Ohio troops in the neighborhood of Piqua.
At the conclusion of the second, the redoubtable Piqua resumed her course towards St. Louis.
He had intended to start early for Piqua, but storms in the woods must be reckoned with, as one reckons with an enemy.
He had suddenly announced to those near him that Piqua could not be defended against the American army.
Brothers, I am a Piqua, descended from the "man made of ashes."