Northwest Indian War

The Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), often known as Little Turtle's War in older reference works, was a war fought between the United States and a large confederation of Native Americans ("Indians") for control of the Old Northwest, which ended with a decisive U.S. victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. As a result of the war, territory including much of present-day Ohio was ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Greenville in 1795.

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1785 - 1795 - United States - Native American - Old Northwest - Battle of Fallen Timbers - 1794 - Ohio - Treaty of Greenville

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Although often regarded as one of the seemingly self-contained Indian Wars that occurred throughout early American history, the Northwest Indian War was actually part of long frontier struggle in the Ohio Country that included the French and Indian War (1754–1763), Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1764), Lord Dunmore's War (1774) and the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Indeed, for many Native American communities, these wars were part and parcel of a single war that spanned several generations. For example, historian Francis Jennings suggested that the Northwest Indian War was, for the Delaware (Lenape) people, the end of a Forty Years' War that began soon after the Braddock Expedition in 1755. For some American Indians, the conflict would be resumed a generation later with Tecumseh's War (1811) and the War of 1812 (hence the term Sixty Years' War) and come to an end in the era of Indian Removal.

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Indian Wars - Ohio Country - French and Indian War - 1754 - 1763 - Pontiac's Rebellion - 1764 - Lord Dunmore's War - 1774 - American Revolutionary War - 1775 - 1783 - Francis Jennings - Delaware (Lenape) - Braddock Expedition - 1755 - Tecumseh's War - 1811 - War of 1812 - Sixty Years' War - Indian Removal

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