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Title	Treaty of Greenville
Subject	American Indians in Ohio Ohio Government Military Ohio Treaties Treaty of Greenville
Place	Greenville (Ohio) Darke County (Ohio) Ohio (entire state)
Description	This copy of the Treaty of Greenville is dated August 3, 1795. It is nineteen pages long and contains three pages of preliminary articles and the actual treaty, consisting of sixteen pages. The intent of this treaty is to "restore harmony and friendly intercourse" between the United States and American Indians. Among the issues addressed in the treaty are trade and hunting rights and the exchange of prisoners. Another provision of the treaty states that any tribe that wishes to relinquish its land must sell it to the United States. The treaty measures 7.75 by 12.75 inches (19.69 by 32.39 cm). In 1795, the Treaty of Greenville ended the Indian Wars in Ohio. General Anthony Wayne defeated the American Indian confederacy led by Blue Jacket at the Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. Abandoned by the British at Fort Miami, the American Indians agreed to a peace settlement. A year later, representatives from twelve tribes met at Greenville, in present-day Darke County, to negotiate with Wayne. Among the leaders were Little Turtle of the Miamis, Tarhe of the Wyandots, and Blue Jacket and Black Hoof of the Shawnees. The treaty confined the American Indians to northwestern Ohio. Despite Wayne's hope that the treaty would hold "as long as the woods grow and waters run" American Indians were removed to the West by the mid-nineteenth century.
Date of Original	August 03, 1795
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
Submitting Institution	Cincinnati Museum Center
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om904_1075209_001
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Full Text	Preliminary Articles entered into at Greeneville between his Excellency Anthony Esquire Major General and Commander in Chief of the Legion, and Commissioner Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, for settling a perm- anent peace with all the Indian nations, north west of the Ohio of the one part, and the Sachems and War Chiefs of the Shawnese and Delaware Nations for and in behalf of themselves, and the Miami Nation on the other part- Article 1 st [superscript] It is agreed that articles for a permanent peace shall be adjusted, agreed to, and signed; all hostilities shall cease, and the aforesaid Sa- chems and War Chiefs, for and in behalf of the nations [caret] while [written above line] they represent, do agree to meet the above named Plenipotentary of the United States at Greenville on or about the fifteenth day of June next, with all the Sachems and War Chiefs of their nations, then and there to consult and conclude upon such terms of amity and peace as shall be for the interest and to the Satisfac- tion of both parties; at which time and place all the prisoners now in the possession of the Uni- ted States, belonging to each and every of those nations; and all such prisoners now in

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