{"data":{"description":"Archiving Early America - Treaty Of Greenville","title":"Treaty of Greenville","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch2 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eAs it appears in The Laws of The United States,\r\nprinted by Richard Folwell, Philadelphia, 1796.\u003c/h2\u003e\r\nAfter General Anthony Wayne's decisive defeat of the Ohio Indian tribes at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, leaders of the Indian nations joined with Wayne on August 3, 1795 in signing A Peace Treaty.\r\nIt was no secret that President Washington was eager to clear the Ohio Valley of Native Americans. By opening up the Northwest Territory to immigration the country would be able to expand its borders, with the resulting increase in trade and commerce.This was an important event in the life of the infant nation since the Treaty established a definite boundary between Indian lands and those lands open to white settlement. For the first time in its young history the U.S. was able to govern all its territories.\r\n\r\nOn three occasions Washington had sent an army to do battle with the Miamis and Shawnees. The first two-- led by Josiah Harmer and then by Arthur St. Clair-- met the same disastrous fate, almost total decimation of the American forces. The Miami and Shawnee tribes reigned supreme in the Northwest Territory until August of 1794, when Washington dispatched Gen. \"Mad Anthony\" Wayne with an expedition numbering more than 2500 men. Where his predecessors had failed, Wayne emerged victorious at the \u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/portrait/anthony-wayne/\"\u003eBattle of Fallen Timbers\u003c/a\u003e near Toledo.\r\n\r\nThe Treaty was signed by Wayne and representatives from a dozen Indian nations and tribes at Greeneville (sic), northwest of the Ohio River on August 3, 1795. Specifically: \"A Treaty of Peace Between the United States of America and the Tribes of Indians called Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoes, Ottawas, Chipewas, Putawatimes, Miamis, Eel-River, Weeas, Kickapoos, Piankashaws and Kaskaskias.\"\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"hr\" style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\u003ctable class=\"bill\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/milestone-events/treaty-greenville-images\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead the Original!\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/greenville.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"81\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e(Click on icon to see full-size image.)\u003c/em\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"centerindent\"\u003eRead the \u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/milestone-events/treaty-greenville-text\"\u003etext version of the Treaty of Greenville\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003c/td\u003e\r\n\u003c/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c/table\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}