MCGT#15 Greenville Treaty Traditional Cache

Following General Anthony Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers in August 1794, General Wayne withdrew his forces and setup a winter camp at Fort Greene Ville. In January of 1795, several members of the western tribes assembled at Fort Greene Ville to settle on terms of peace. Representatives of the Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, Miami, Eel River, Wea, Piankeshaw, Kickapoo, and Kaskaskia. Once the general terms were agreed to they tribes departed for their own villages to discuss the terms. General Wayne sent the transcribed document to President Washington for his approval. The parties returned to Greene Ville and on August 3, 1795 signed the treaty. In so doing they agreed to cede claims to lands east of the Cuyahoga River to Fort Laurens in Tuscarawas County, and south of a line running west to Fort Recovery. In return, the United States offered payment and annuities in the form of goods and ceded claim to most land north and west of the treaty line. This treaty marked the end of the Indian Wars in the Ohio Country, forsaking boundary violations by both parties, and established the official western border of the United States, opening much of Ohio for settlement. The treaty was not perfect by any means and the peace between the Americans and native peoples of Ohio would not last.