Treaty of Wabash (1840)

E935348

United States–Native American treaty land cession agreement treaty

The Treaty of Wabash (1840) was a U.S.–Miami agreement that ceded remaining Miami lands in Indiana to the United States, furthering Native American removal from the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of the Wabash (1840)	2
Treaty of Wabash (1840) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11568204 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Wabash (1840)
Context triple: [Miami, treatyPartyTo, Treaty of Wabash (1840)]

A. Treaty of Tippecanoe
The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American tribes, including the Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), ceded lands in the Old Northwest to the United States amid growing U.S. expansion.
B. Treaty of Wapakoneta
The Treaty of Wapakoneta was an 1831 agreement in which the Shawnee ceded their remaining lands in Ohio to the United States and were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
C. Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
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.
D. Treaty of St. Marys (1818)
The Treaty of St. Marys (1818) was a U.S.–Native American agreement in which the Miami and other tribes ceded large tracts of land in present-day Indiana and Ohio to the United States, facilitating American expansion in the Old Northwest.
E. Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Wabash (1840)
Target entity description: The Treaty of Wabash (1840) was a U.S.–Miami agreement that ceded remaining Miami lands in Indiana to the United States, furthering Native American removal from the region.

A. Treaty of Tippecanoe
The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American tribes, including the Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), ceded lands in the Old Northwest to the United States amid growing U.S. expansion.
B. Treaty of Wapakoneta
The Treaty of Wapakoneta was an 1831 agreement in which the Shawnee ceded their remaining lands in Ohio to the United States and were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
C. Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
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.
D. Treaty of St. Marys (1818)
The Treaty of St. Marys (1818) was a U.S.–Native American agreement in which the Miami and other tribes ceded large tracts of land in present-day Indiana and Ohio to the United States, facilitating American expansion in the Old Northwest.
E. Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States–Native American treaty ⓘ land cession agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Wabash River valley ⓘ linked to: Wabash Valley
appliesToTerritory	Indiana ⓘ
category	1840 in American law ⓘ History of Native Americans in Indiana ⓘ Treaties involving indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ United States federal Indian policy ⓘ linked to: United States federal Indian law and policy
cededFrom	Miami people ⓘ
cededTo	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
consequence	consolidation of U.S. control over Indiana lands ⓘ displacement of Miami communities ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
effect	cession of remaining Miami lands in Indiana ⓘ furthered removal of Miami people from Indiana ⓘ
ethnicGroupAffected	Miami people ⓘ
hasParty	Miami Nation of Indiana ⓘ Miami people ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	federal Indian law ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the United States government ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	Indiana ⓘ
mainSubject	Miami land rights ⓘ Native American removal ⓘ land cession ⓘ
negotiatingParty	Miami tribal leaders ⓘ representatives of the United States government ⓘ
partOf	U.S.–Miami treaty relations ⓘ United States Indian removal policy ⓘ linked to: Indian Removal policy of the United States
purpose	to extinguish remaining Miami title to land in Indiana ⓘ to transfer Miami lands in Indiana to the United States government ⓘ
relatedTo	Miami removal from Indiana ⓘ loss of Miami tribal land base in Indiana ⓘ
signingYear	1840 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miami → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Wabash (1840) ⓘ

Miami → signedTreaty → Treaty of the Wabash (1840) ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Wabash (1840)

Treaty of the Wabash → hasPart → Treaty of the Wabash (1840) ⓘ