Treaty of Greenville

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Type

Copy of Signed Document

Description

Peace treaty between the United States and the Northwest Indian Confederacy, comprised of the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Kickapoos, Weas, Ottawas, Chippewas, Putawatomie, Miami, & Eel River tribes. Dictates the end of hostilities, the return of prisoners, cessions of land to the U.S., the new Indian-U.S. boundary, right of white passage over Indian land and waterways, the relinquishment of all other U.S. claims to these Indians' land in the Great Lakes region, U.S. annuities to each Indian tribe, the forfeiture of U.S. protection for any future white settler on Indian lands, trade regulations, the voiding of all other treaties made since the peace between America & Great Britain in 1783, and overall friendship for the future. Signed by all the tribes mentioned in the address, along with the Kaskaskias and the Piankeshaws (being signed for by the Weas). Also signed by U.S. army officers and sworn interpreters.

Date

08/03/1795

Document number

1795080390102

Page start

1

Notable persons

Henry De Butts
Anthony Wayne
Indians
Wyandots
Delawares
Shawnees
Kickapoos
Weas
Ottawas
Chippewas
Putawatomie
Miami
Eel River
prisoners
Kaskaskias
Piankeshaws
interpreter
chiefs
hostage
Chipawa

Notable locations

Northwest Territory
Greenville
Michigan
Great Lakes
Fort Wayne
Fort Defiance
Cayahoga River
Fort Lawrence
Great Miami River
Ohio River
Loromees
St. Mary's River
St. Marys River
Fort Recovery
Wabash River
Tuscarrawas
Muskingum
Detroit
Detroit River
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Illinois Lake
Illinois River
Lake Erie
Chicago
Chikago
Fort Massac

Notable items

land
cession
boundary
annuities
goods
war
vessels