Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians.
But despite the lopsided result, it wouldn't appear to carry much significance; it involved only a few thousand people, lasted less than three hours, and the outcome, which was never indoubt, was permanently reversed a mere three years later. It was both the biggest victory the Native Americans ever won, and, proportionately, the biggest military disaster the United States hadsuffered. Emphasizing the extent to which the battle has been overlooked in history, Calloway illustrates how this moment of great victory by American Indians became an aberration in the national story and a blank spot in the national memory.