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The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795 between a coalition of Native American tribes and the United States following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. It put an end to the War of the Wabash Confederacy. The United States was represented by General Anthony Wayne, who defeated Native Americans and razed their villages a year earlier at Fallen Timbers. In exchange for monetary compensation the Native Americans turned over to the United States:

Large parts of modern-day Ohio
The future site of Chicago
The Fort Detroit area

White settlers largely ignored the boundaries of this treaty, and after its signing settlements sprang up quickly in Native American territory.

Native American tribes signing the treaty:

Wyandot
Delaware (several bands)
Shawnee
Ottawa (several bands)
Chippewa
PotawatomiThe Potawatomi (also spelled Pottawatomie or Pottawatomi are an Aboriginal American people of the upper Mississippi River region. The Potawatomi were part of a long term alliance with the Ottawa and Ojibwe, called the Council of Three Fires and which foug (several bands)
Miami (several bands)
WeaThe Wea were a Native American tribe of the Ohio Country, sometimes considered a subdivision of the Miami tribe. Driven to the West by increased Euro-American settlement and Indian removal, they were confederated with the Kaskaskias, Peorias, and Piankesh
KickapooThe Kickapoo are Native American tribes. There are three recognized tribes remaining in the U. the Kickapoo of Kansas, the Kickapoo of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas. There is a further group in Coahuila, Mexico. Around 3,000 people
KaskaskiaThe Kaskasia were one of the several cognate tribes that made up the Illiniwek Confederation. Their first contact with Europeans reportedly occurred near present-day Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Illiniwek are reported to have asked the French to send a missi

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Greenville Shawnee tribe

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