Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)

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The Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) was a controversial land cession agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that fueled Native resistance and helped spark Tecumseh's War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf land cession agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fort Wayne Treaty of 1809 ⓘ
Treaty with the Delawares, Miamis, Potawatomies, and Eel River ⓘ
category 1809 in American law ⓘ
History of Indiana ⓘ
Treaties between the United States and Native Americans ⓘ
cessionArea approximately 3,000,000 acres of Native American land ⓘ
cessionLocation Wabash River valley region ⓘ
linked to: Wabash Valley

present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ
compensationForm annuities ⓘ
goods ⓘ
payments to tribal leaders ⓘ
contributedToConflict Battle of Tippecanoe ⓘ
Tecumseh's War ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
controversyReason negotiated with select chiefs who did not represent all affected tribes ⓘ
perceived coercion and manipulation in negotiations ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1809-09-30 ⓘ
effectOnNativeResistance intensified Native American resistance in the Old Northwest ⓘ
governingLaw United States federal Indian policy ⓘ
HarrisonRole Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Indiana Territory ⓘ
HarrisonTitleAtTime Governor of Indiana Territory ⓘ
historicalPeriod prelude to the War of 1812 in the Northwest ⓘ
impactOnTribes loss of large tracts of tribal homelands ⓘ
impactOnUSExpansion facilitated American settlement in Indiana Territory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisClaimedByUS purchase of Native American title to land ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
negotiatedBy William Henry Harrison ⓘ
opposedBy Tecumseh ⓘ
Tenskwatawa ⓘ
opposedByCollective Tecumseh's confederacy ⓘ
precedes Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) ⓘ
purpose to open Native American lands to American settlement ⓘ
region Old Northwest ⓘ
relatedEvent Treaty of Greenville (1795) ⓘ
Treaty of Grouseland (1805) ⓘ
signatory Delaware tribe ⓘ
linked to: Delaware (Lenape)

Eel River band of Miami ⓘ
linked to: Eel River tribe

Miami tribe ⓘ
Potawatomi tribe ⓘ
linked to: Potawatomi

United States of America ⓘ
Wea tribe ⓘ
signedAt Fort Wayne, Indiana Territory ⓘ
linked to: Fort Wayne, Indiana
subjectOf historical debate over legitimacy of land cessions ⓘ
TecumsehArgument no single tribe could sell land held in common by all tribes ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Tecumseh's War → cause → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ
Bodéwadmi → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ
Shawnee Nation → treaty → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty with the Delawares, Miamis, Potawatomies, and Eel River ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) → alsoKnownAs → Fort Wayne Treaty of 1809 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
Treaty of Grouseland → follows → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1803) ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Grouseland (1805)
linked to: Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
Piankashaw → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ
U.S.–Miami relations → hasKeyEvent → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ