Northwest Indian War - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Anthony Wayne: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Wayne - Northwest Indian War
President George Washington recalled Wayne from civilian life in order to lead an expedition in the Northwest Indian War, which up to tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwest Indian War: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwest Indian War - Background
The Treaty of Paris (1783) had given the United States government control, on paper, of all the land east of the Mississippi River and so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwest Territory: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwest Territory - History
European exploration of the region began with French fur traders in the seventeenth century. The French explorer Jean Nicolet was the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ohio Country: Encyclopedia Ii - Ohio Country - History
Ohio Country - Colonial Era. In the 17th century, the area north of the Ohio River had been occupied by the Algonquian-speaking Shawnee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Wayne: Encyclopedia - Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796), was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was the military side of the American Revol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwest Territory: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwest Territory - Leadership
Arthur St. Clair was the Territory's only governor. The original supreme court was made up of John Cleves Symmes, James Mitchell Varnum, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choctaw: Encyclopedia - Choctaw
The Choctaws are a Native American people originally from the southeast United States (Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana). In the ninet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia - American Revolution
The American Revolution is the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the political separation of thirteen colonies in Nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Henry Harrison: Encyclopedia - William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Administration: Encyclopedia - Washington Administration
George Washington was elected as President of the United States twice, serving eight years from 1789 to 1797 before retiring to his Mount...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 18th Century: Encyclopedia - 18th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwest Territory: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwest Territory - Law And Government
Main article: Northwest Ordinance At first the territory had a modified form of martial law. The governor was also the senior army office...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1795: Encyclopedia - 1795
1795 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Presidency: 1789-1797
George Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and remains the only person ever to be elected president unan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hardin County Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Hardin County Illinois - Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 4,800 people, 1,987 households, and 1,367 families residing in the county. The population density is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Henry Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - William Henry Harrison - Early Years And Military Career
Harrison was born into a prominent political family at the Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County Virginia, the third son of Benjamin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Wars - East Of The Mississippi 1775–1842
Indian Wars - American Revolutionary War. Main articles: Frontier warfare during the American Revolution, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of U.s. Military History Events: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of U.s. Military History Events - Terror Paramilitary Groups And Guerrilla Warfare
List of U.S. military history events - 18th & 19th century. Francis Marion (1780–1782) Bleeding Kansas (~1854–~1860) Wakarusa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nationalism In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Nationalism In The United States - Origins
The United States formed from a group of colonies under the authority of the British Crown, each established and governed independently o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mohawk Nation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mohawk Nation - Mohawk History
A 1634 Dutch expedition from Fort Orange to the Mohawk settlements in the west was led by a surgeon named Harmen van den Bogaert. At the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwest Ordinance: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwest Ordinance - Effects Of The Legislation
Northwest Ordinance - Abolition of state claims. The passage of the ordinance forced the relinquishing of all such claims by the states...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shawnee: Encyclopedia Ii - Shawnee - History
Shawnee - Origins. It is suspected that the Shawnee, like other Algonquian speaking tribes, originated from the area around Lake Winnip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fountain County Indiana: Encyclopedia Ii - Fountain County Indiana - Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 17,954 people, 7,041 households, and 5,041 families residing in the county. The population density i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Wars - East Of The Mississippi 1775–1842
Indian Wars - American Revolutionary War. Main article: Frontier warfare during the American Revolution The American Revolutionary Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Presidency: 1789-1797
George Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and remains the only person ever to be elected president unan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ohio - European Colonization
During the 18th century, the French set up a system of trading posts to control the fur trade in the region. Christopher Gist was one of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Chicago: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Chicago - Incorporation
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350. The first boundaries of the new town were Kinzie, Desp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Rogers Clark: Encyclopedia Ii - George Rogers Clark - Revolutionary War
During the Revolutionary War, the Kentucky settlements (then part of Virginia) were at war with Indians in the Ohio Country, particularly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Jacket: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Jacket - Struggle For The Old Northwest
Blue Jacket participated in Dunmore's War and the American Revolutionary War (allied with the British), always attempting to maintain Sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Fallen Timbers: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Fallen Timbers - Background
An Indian confederacy—one of the strongest Native American alliances to date—had achieved major victories over the United States in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - War In The North
American Revolutionary War - Massachusetts 1774 to 1776. In 1774, the British parliament effectively abolished the provincial governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michikinikwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Michikinikwa - Struggle With The United States
The end of the Revolution and the creation of the Northwest Territory in 1787 led to strife as settlement west of the Appalachians, previ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legion Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Legion Of The United States - Origins
The impetus for the legion came from General Arthur St. Clair's disastrous defeat at the hand of Blue Jacket and Michikinikwa's tribal co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Brant: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Brant - Early Years
Brant was born of undistinguished parents in the Ohio Country on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, near present-day Akron, Ohio, and was n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur St. Clair: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur St. Clair - Revolutionary War
After this event St. Clair broke with the British government and, in January, 1776, took a commission in the Continental Army, as a Colon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maumee River: Encyclopedia Ii - Maumee River - Transportation
The mouth of the river at Lake Erie is wide and supports considerable commercial traffic, including oil, grain, and coal. However, about ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Administration - Whiskey Rebellion
In 1791, Congress imposed an excise tax on distilled spirits, part of Hamilton's program. The Revenue Act of 1789 already dealt with fede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - Origins
In the early 1760s, Great Britain possessed a vast empire on the North American continent. In addition to the thirteen British colonies, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tecumseh's War: Encyclopedia Ii - Tecumseh's War - Political Alliance
Meanwhile, in 1800, William Henry Harrison had become the governor of the newly formed Indiana Territory, with the capital at Vincennes. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 18th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 18th Century - Events
18th century - 1700s. 1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession 1703: Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital unti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wayne County Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Wayne County Illinois - Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 17,151 people, 7,143 households, and 4,971 families residing in the county. The population density i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choctaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Choctaw - Pre-history
Du Pratz, in his Hist. de La Louisiane (Paris, 1758) recounted that "...when I asked them from whence the Chat-kas came, to express the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wayne County Indiana: Encyclopedia Ii - Wayne County Indiana - Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 71,097 people, 28,469 households, and 19,301 families residing in the county. The population density...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - War In The North
American Revolutionary War - Massachusetts 1774 to 1776. In 1774, the British parliament effectively abolished the provincial governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - Origins
In the early 1760's, Great Britain possessed a vast empire on the North American continent. In addition to the thirteen British colonies,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Wayne: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Wayne - Revolutionary War
At the onset of the American Revolutionary War in 1775, Wayne raised a militia and in 1776 became colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Penns...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1795: Encyclopedia Ii - 1795 - Events
1795 - Ongoing events. French Revolution (1789-1799) French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) First Coalition ... See also:1795, 1795 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - War For Independence, 1775-83
Main article: American Revolutionary War On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published a pamphlet entitled Common Sense arguing that the o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Wars - West Of The Mississippi 1861–1890
As in the East, expansion into the plains and mountains by miners, ranchers and settlers led to increasing conflicts with the indigenous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Wars - Overview
The wars, which ranged from colonial times to the Wounded Knee massacre and "closing" of the American frontier in 1890, collectively resu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ohio - Early History
History of Ohio - Mound builders. Image:AISerpent.jpg Ohio, the region north of the Ohio River and south of the Great Lakes, was origin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ohio - Statehood
Under the Northwest Ordinance, any of the states to be formed out of the Northwest Territory could be admitted as a state once the popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Chicago: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Chicago - 20th Century
Lake Michigan — the primary source of fresh water for the city — was already highly polluted from the rapidly growing industries in a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ohio - Industrialization
History of Ohio - Natural resources. ... See also:History of Ohio, History of Ohio - Early history, History of Ohio - Mound builders,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Chicago: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Chicago - Great Chicago Fire
In 1871, most of the city burned in the Great Chicago Fire. The damage from the fire was immense; 300 people died, 18,000 buildings were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ohio - 1900's
History of Ohio - Constitutional Convention of 1912. In 1912, the citizens of Ohio convened a Constitutional Convention to examine whet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Chicago: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Chicago - Growth
Due to the geography of Chicago, early citizens faced many problems. The prairie bog nature of the area provided a fertile ground for dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michikinikwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Michikinikwa - Legacy
In 1911, a very old grave was accidentally discovered by a homebuilder on Lawton Place in Fort Wayne. Research showed that the tomb was i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Personal Information
Washington was a man of great personal integrity, with a deeply held sense of duty, honor and patriotism. He was courageous and farsighte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tecumseh's War: Encyclopedia Ii - Tecumseh's War - Factions
The two principal adversaries in the war, Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison, had both been junior participants in the Battle of Fallen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tecumseh's War: Encyclopedia Ii - Tecumseh's War - Religious Revival
However, a nativist religious revival led by Tecumseh's brother Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet") emerged in 1805, posing a threat to the influ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Early Life
According to the Julian calendar, Washington was born on February 11, 1731; according to the Gregorian calendar, which was adopted during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - French And Indian War: 1754-1763
At twenty-two years of age, Washington fired some of the first shots of what would become a war between colonial powers. The trouble bega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Virginia Planter 1783-1787
On December 23, 1783, General Washington resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Army to the Congress, which was then meetin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - American Revolution: 1774-1783
By 1774, Washington had become one of the colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a delegate from Virginia to the First ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - After His Death
Congressman Henry Light Horse Harry Lee, a Revolutionary War comrade, famously eulogized Washington as "a citizen, first in war, first in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwest Ordinance: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwest Ordinance - History
Main article: Northwest Territory Acquired by Great Britain from France following the 1763 Treaty of Paris, the Ohio Country had been clo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tecumseh's War: Encyclopedia Ii - Tecumseh's War - Expedition To The Tippecanoe
Meanwhile, while Tecumseh was in the south, Governor Harrison marched up the Wabash River from Vincennes with more than 1,000 men, on an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Retirement And Death
After retiring from the presidency in March 1797, Washington returned to Mount Vernon with a profound sense of relief. He established a d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legion Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Legion Of The United States - Structure
The Legion was composed of four "sublegions," each commanded by a brigadier general. These sublegions were self-contained units with two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Brant: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Brant - Later Years And Legacy
An Iroquois War Chief, he was not a hereditary sachem by birth. However, his natural ability, his early education, and the connections he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wayne County Indiana: Encyclopedia Ii - Wayne County Indiana - Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,047 km² (404 mi²). 1,045 km² (404 mi²) of it is land and 2 km²...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - Revolution Beyond America
The American Revolution was the first wave of the Atlantic Revolutions that would also take hold in the French Revolution, the Haitian Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tecumseh's War: Encyclopedia Ii - Tecumseh's War - Aftermath
Harrison (and many subsequent historians) claimed that the Battle of Tippecanoe was a deathblow to Tecumseh's confederacy. Harrison, ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - War For Independence 1775-83
Main article: American Revolutionary War On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published a pamphlet entitled Common Sense arguing that the o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - America After The War
The American Revolution saw several noteworthy political innovations: the separation of church and state, which ended the special privile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Brant: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Brant - American Revolution
During the American Revolution Brant led warriors of the four Iroquois nations that had sided with Britain (the Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - Combatants
American Revolutionary War - Political Crisis of 1775-1776. As soon as the new United States of America was proclaimed independent (Jul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Administration - Establishing Protocol
Washington's election was a disappointment to Martha Washington, the First Lady, who wanted to continue living in quiet retirement at Mou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Administration - 1789 Election
The 1789 presidential election took place on February 15, 1789. The two main candidates were George Washington and John Adams. It was lef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Wayne: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Wayne - Political Career
After the war, Wayne returned to Pennsylvania and served in the state legislature for a year in 1784. He then moved to Georgia and settle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - War's End
The northern, southern, and naval theaters of the war converged at Yorktown in 1781. On September 5, 1781, French naval forces defeated t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Administration - Address To Jews Of Newport Rhode Island
By the time of the American Revolutionary War, there were at least 25 Jewish families living in Newport, Rhode Island, making it the larg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Administration - Jay's Treaty Of 1794
The Jay Treaty, named after Chief Justice of the United States John Jay who was sent by Washington to London to negotiate an agreement, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choctaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Choctaw - Early History
The Choctaw were no doubt a part of the Mississippian culture in the Mississippi river valley. At the time that the Spanish made their fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of U.s. Military History Events: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of U.s. Military History Events - Labor/managament Disputes
List of U.S. military history events - 20th & 21st century. Black Patch Tobacco Wars (1904-1914?) Mass racial violence in the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Wars - West Of The Mississippi 1861–1890
As in the East, expansion into the plains and mountains by miners, ranchers and settlers led to increasing conflicts with the indigenous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Administration - Farewell Address And Two-term Tradition
Washington's Farewell Address was the defining statement of Federalist party principles and one of the most influential statements of Ame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - War At Sea
Main article: Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War Meanwhile the co-operation of the French became active. In July Count Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - War In The South
During the first three years of the American Revolutionary War, the primary military encounters were in the North. One notable exception ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choctaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Choctaw - Great Choctaws
Mosholatubbee was also a leader during the removal era. Tulli was one of the greatest Choctaw stickball players. Image:Tulli.jpg Image...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choctaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Choctaw - Culture
Choctaw - Stickball. Image:Stickball.jpg Native American stickball, the oldest field sport in America, was also know as the "little bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choctaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Choctaw - Location
The Choctaw Reservation in Mississippi has 8 communities: Bogue Chitto, Bogue Homa, Conehatta, Crystal Ridge, Pearl River, Red Water, Tuc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choctaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Choctaw - Recent History
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) has one of the largest casinos located near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Silver Star Cas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - War For Independence 1775-83
Main article: American Revolutionary War On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published a pamphlet entitled Common Sense arguing that the o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - America After The War
The American Revolution saw several noteworthy political innovations: the separation of church and state, which ended the special privile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - War In The West
Main article: Frontier warfare during the American Revolution West of the Appalachian Mountains, the American Revolutionary War was an "I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolutionary War - Combatants
American Revolutionary War - Political Crisis of 1775-1776. As soon as the new United States of America was proclaimed independent (Jul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - American Revolution - Revolution Beyond America
The American Revolution was the first wave of the Atlantic Revolutions that would also take hold in the French Revolution, the Haitian Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hardin County Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Hardin County Illinois - History
Hardin County was formed in 1839 out of Pope County. Additional territory was later attached from Gallatin County. Hardin County was name...   » Read the article