Hoosier Dusty Files - August 20, 1794 - Battle of Fallen Timbers

A Year of Indiana History - 2016

August 20, 1794 - Battle of Fallen Timbers
The native tribes had signed a treaty with the British in 1768 called the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. In this treaty, the British designated certain lands north of the Ohio as belonging to the native tribes. At the conclusion of the Revolution, the Americans no longer honored the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. They cited a clause in the Treaty of Paris in which the British ceded lands owned by the tribes. The tribes asserted that the British could not give away lands that did not belong to them and that they did not sign that treaty. Encroachment by whites into their territories continued and the natives responded by attacking them. General Anthony Wayne formed an army of 2000 soldiers that he called the Legion of the United States, He marched out of Fort Washington, near Cincinnati, and traveled north. He built a string of forts along the way. The natives watched and waited. They formed a defensive line in an area where a storm had blown all the trees down (fallen timbers) and waited for Wayne. The battle began on August 20 1794 and did not last long. Wayne dealt the native force a decisive defeat.

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