Procter continued the siege only four days longer, for his Indian allies then grew tired of it and faded into the forest.

He was not reluctant to accept this excuse for withdrawing.

His own militia were drifting away, his regulars were suffering from illness and exposure, and Fort Meigs itself was a harder nut to crack than he had anticipated.

Procter therefore withdrew to Amherstburg and made no more trouble until June, when he sent raiding parties into Ohio and created panic among the isolated settlements.
Harrison had become convinced that his campaign must be a defensive one only, until a strong American naval force could be mustered on Lake Erie.

He moved his headquarters to Upper Sandusky and Cleveland and concluded to mark time while Perry's fleet was building.