印第安战争:也不挣扎thwest Territory

After the American Revolution, the most pressing Native American problem facing the new government was the unwillingness of the tribes of the Northwest to acquiesce in the settlement of the Ohio valley. After unsuccessful expeditions under generals Josiah Harmar (1790) and ArthurSt. Clair(1791), Gen. AnthonyWaynedefeated the tribes of the Northwest Territory at the battle ofFallen Timbersin 1794. By the Treaty of Greenville (1795) they agreed to give up their lands in Ohio and move to Indiana.

Settlers soon began to encroach on Native American lands in Indiana, provoking the Shawnee chief,Tecumseh, and his brother, theShawnee Prophet, to organize a powerful native confederacy. In 1811, William H.Harrisondefeated the Shawnee Prophet atTippecanoe. Tecumseh allied himself with the British in the War of 1812 and was killed in the battle of theThames(1813), which ended the threat from Native Americans in the Northwest Territory. During the War of 1812 theCreekalso rose and were defeated (1814) by AndrewJackson.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Wars in the West
• Relocation across the Mississippi
• Struggles in the Northwest Territory
• Early Conflicts
• Bibliography

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