Treaty of Fort Finney
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United States
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and Shawnee
Shawnee
The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...
leaders after the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
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, ceding parts of the Ohio country
Ohio Country
The Ohio Country was the name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and in the region of the upper Ohio River south of Lake Erie...
to the United States. The treaty was reluctantly signed by the Shawnees, and later renounced by other Shawnee leaders. The Northwest Indian War
Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War , also known as Little Turtle's War and by various other names, was a war fought between the United States and a confederation of numerous American Indian tribes for control of the Northwest Territory...
soon followed.
External links
- "Treaty of Fort Finney (1786)". Ohio Historical SocietyOhio Historical SocietyThe Ohio Historical Society is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1885 as The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society "to promote a knowledge of archaeology and history, especially in Ohio"...
. Ohio History Central: An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History, 2005. - http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=447
- http://www.graphicenterprises.net/html/shawnee_lookout_05.html
- http://www.graphicenterprises.net/html/shawnee_lookout_06.html