Battle of the Wabash
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Early National History (1789-1815)
- Geographical Location: Ohio
- Date: November 4, 1791
Article abstract: Usually known as St. Clair's defeat, this victory of the Maumee Valley tribes and their confederates from around the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley constitutes perhaps the most dramatic defeat of the U.S. Army at the hands of Native Americans in the history of the Indian wars of 1790-1890.
During the 1780's and 1790's, Indian resistance to American encroachment north of the Ohio River rose to new heights. Led primarily by the Miami, Shawnee, and Lenni Lenape (Delaware), the western Algonquian-speaking peoples felt betrayed by the Treaty of Paris...
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