Description: This image depicts a memorial to the Treaty of Greenville in Greeneville, Ohio. On August 20, 1794, an American army commanded by Anthony Wayne defeated a Native American force led by Blue Jacket of the Shawnee at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. With this victory, Indians living in the western portion of modern-day Ohio knew that they had to sue for peace. In January 1795, representatives from the various tribes met with Wayne at Fort Greene Ville. The Americans and natives spent the next eight months negotiating a treaty. It became known as the Treaty of Greeneville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06442
Subjects: Greenville (Ohio); Monuments & memorials; Northwest Territory; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Line drawing of the principle figures in the painting "The Signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville" (1945) by Howard Chandler Christy. Each figure is numbered and the name of the individual is listed. On August 3, 1795, leaders of the Wyandot, the Delaware, the Shawnee, the Ottawa, the Miami, the Eel River, the Wea, the Chippewa, the Potawatomi, the Kickapoo, the Piankashaw, and the Kaskaskia tribes formally signed a treaty with Anthony Wayne and the American army. The natives agreed to relinquish all claims to land south and east of a boundary that began roughly at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, while the whites agreed to relinquish their claims to land north and west of the line, although the natives permitted the Americans to establish several trading posts in their territory. The United States also provided the Indians with $20,000 worth of goods for signing the treaty. The American government also agreed to give the natives $9,500 every year in goods. The painting shows Little Turtle, a Miami Chief, presenting a ceremonial wampum belt to Anthony Wayne. The belt is on display at the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05244
Subjects: Treaty of Green Ville (1795); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795
Places: Greeneville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Anthony Wayne, ca. 1795. General Wayne led a military campaign against Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory that culminated with the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the signing of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. These events allowed for white settlement in the Northwest Territory which included Indiana and Ohio. Next to Jacket Button: "Trumbull" On Jacket Sleeve: "Forest" Below Image: BRIGR [superscript over period]. GEN. ANTHONY WAYNE. [Anthony Wayne signature] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02896
Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; American Indians; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Ohio; Northwest Territory
 

Description: Close-up view of Shawnee chief Weyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket) from the painting "The Signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville, 1795," as depicted by Howard Chandler Christy. The painting was created in 1945 and is hanging in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse. During the early 1790s, Weyapiersenwah of the Shawnee and Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle), chief of the Miami, were the major leaders of the American Indians in the Ohio Country. They led their people against American settlers in western Ohio as the whites moved into the area. A large alliance of American Indians, led by Weyapiersenwah and Mishikinakwa defeated an army led by General Josiah Harmar in 1790 and another one led by Arthur St. Clair in 1791. Following St. Clair's Defeat, Little Turtle called for negotiations between the Indians and the Americans. Blue Jacket then assumed control over native attempts to stop the influx of settlers. In 1794, he led the American Indians against an army led by General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Wayne emerged from the battle victorious while Blue Jacket's men fell back to Fort Miamis, a British stronghold. The British refused to assist the American Indians, at which point Blue Jacket and his followers agreed to negotiate with the Americans in what was known as the Treaty of Greeneville (1795). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02712
Subjects: Greenville, Treaty of, 1795; American Indian history and society; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
 

Description: This color illustration depicts a Shawnee Indian holding a spear. He is walking in a stream or a lake, and appears to be spear-fishing. He is carrying pack slung over one shoulder. The Shawnee Indians were living in the Ohio Valley as early as the late 1600s. The Iroquois natives were unwilling to share these rich hunting grounds and drove the Shawnee away. Some went to Illinois; others went to Pennsylvania, Maryland or Georgia. As the power of the Iroquois weakened, the Shawnee moved back into Ohio from the south and the east. They settled in the lower Scioto River Valley. Fierce warriors, the Shawnee were allies of the French until British traders moved into the Ohio Country around 1740. The French pushed the British out of Ohio, and the Shawnee allied with the French again until the British victory in the French and Indian War. Ohio natives, including the Shawnee, fought the British and their colonists. During the American Revolution, the Shawnee fought alongside the British against the Americans, believing that Britain would prevent the colonists from encroaching further upon the natives' land. After the war the American Indians continued to fight the Americans. General Anthony Wayne defeated the Shawnee and other Ohio natives at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. The Shawnee were forced to surrender most of their lands in Ohio with the signing of the Treaty of Greeneville. Many of the Shawnee moved into the Indiana Territory. Some of these people, however, hoped to reclaim their Ohio lands. Chief among them was Tecumseh, who hoped to unite together all native tribes west of the Appalachian Mountains against the United States. Due to the advanced technology of the whites and the American Indians' failure to put aside their traditional differences, Tecumseh's efforts at confederation failed. General William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnee and their allies at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Other Shawnee leaders, like Black Hoof, adopted white customs, in the hope that the whites would allow the natives to continue to live on the land if the American Indians adopted white customs. Between 1831 and 1833, the United States government forced the Shawnee to give up their land claims in Ohio, and forcibly removed the tribe to reservations in Oklahoma and Kansas. The Shawnee divided themselves into different clans. The principal leader of the Shawnee could only come from one clan. The name of this clan was “Chillicothe.” When a village was called Chillicothe, it meant that it was home to the principal chief, the “capital city” of the Shawnees. Chillicothe was also the name of Ohio's first state capital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07000
Subjects: Shawnee Tribe; American Indian history and society; Shawnee Indians--Government relations; Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a print depicting Chief Tarhe, The Crane, of the Wyandot tribe. Tarhe was chief of the Wyandots and recognized for uniting the Indian warriors in the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and signed the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. Tarhe died in 1818 at the age of 76. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02724
Subjects: American Indians; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Tarhe, Wyandot chief, 1742-1818; Wyandot Indians--History; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795
 

Description: The treaty of Greene Ville, protected by two soldiers. This treaty was signed on August 3, 1795 the defeat of the American Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The United States was lead by General (Mad Anthony) Wayne. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06567
Subjects: Greenville, Treaty of, 1795; Treaty of Green Ville (1795); Darke County (Ohio)
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map showing the lands involved with General Anthony Wayne's campaign against American Indians in the Northwest Territory, 1793-1794. The map also includes the military traces of General Josiah Harmar (1790) and General Arthur St. Clair (1791). It was prepared by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, drawn by Paul N. Haines in June of 1944, and approved by the Anthony Wayne Memorial Legislative Committee on June 16, 1944. Also included is an inset of the Toledo-Detroit area. General Wayne led a military campaign against American Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory that culminated with the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the signing of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. These events allowed for white settlement in the Northwest Territory which included Indiana and Ohio, and the forced removal of the tribes who had traditionally lived in these same lands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0115_8_01
Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; American Indians; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Northwest Territory;