Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
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The Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) was a controversial land cession agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that fueled Native resistance and helped spark Tecumseh's War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) canonical | 3 |
| Fort Wayne Treaty of 1809 | 1 |
| Treaty with the Delawares, Miamis, Potawatomies, and Eel River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2144128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) Context triple: [Tecumseh's War, cause, Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)]
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A.
Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
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B.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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D.
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was an 1830 agreement that forced the Choctaw Nation to cede their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States and relocate west of the Mississippi River, marking one of the first major removals under the U.S. Indian Removal policy.
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E.
Treaty of St. Louis (1816)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to U.S. control as part of early 19th-century westward expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) Target entity description: The Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) was a controversial land cession agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that fueled Native resistance and helped spark Tecumseh's War.
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A.
Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
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B.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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C.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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D.
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was an 1830 agreement that forced the Choctaw Nation to cede their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States and relocate west of the Mississippi River, marking one of the first major removals under the U.S. Indian Removal policy.
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E.
Treaty of St. Louis (1816)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to U.S. control as part of early 19th-century westward expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land cession agreement
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Wayne Treaty of 1809
Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty with the Delawares, Miamis, Potawatomies, and Eel River
|
| category |
1809 in American law
ⓘ
History of Indiana ⓘ Treaties between the United States and Native Americans ⓘ |
| cessionArea | approximately 3,000,000 acres of Native American land ⓘ |
| cessionLocation |
Wabash Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Wabash River valley region
present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Indiana ⓘ |
| compensationForm |
annuities
ⓘ
goods ⓘ payments to tribal leaders ⓘ |
| contributedToConflict |
Battle of Tippecanoe
ⓘ
Tecumseh's War ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| controversyReason |
negotiated with select chiefs who did not represent all affected tribes
ⓘ
perceived coercion and manipulation in negotiations ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1809-09-30 ⓘ |
| effectOnNativeResistance | intensified Native American resistance in the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
United States federal Indian law and policy
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal Indian policy
|
| HarrisonRole | Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Indiana Territory ⓘ |
| HarrisonTitleAtTime | Governor of Indiana Territory ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | prelude to the War of 1812 in the Northwest ⓘ |
| impactOnTribes | loss of large tracts of tribal homelands ⓘ |
| impactOnUSExpansion | facilitated American settlement in Indiana Territory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasisClaimedByUS | purchase of Native American title to land ⓘ |
| legalStatus | ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | William Henry Harrison ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Tecumseh
ⓘ
Tenskwatawa ⓘ |
| opposedByCollective |
Northwest Indian Confederacy
ⓘ
surface form:
Tecumseh's confederacy
|
| precedes |
Battle of Tippecanoe
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)
|
| purpose | to open Native American lands to American settlement ⓘ |
| region | Old Northwest ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Treaty of Greenville
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Greenville (1795)
Treaty of Grouseland (1805) ⓘ |
| signatory |
Delaware (Lenape)
ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware tribe
Eel River tribe ⓘ
surface form:
Eel River band of Miami
Miami tribe ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ
surface form:
Potawatomi tribe
United States of America ⓘ Wea tribe ⓘ |
| signedAt |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Wayne, Indiana Territory
|
| subjectOf | historical debate over legitimacy of land cessions ⓘ |
| TecumsehArgument | no single tribe could sell land held in common by all tribes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) Description of subject: The Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) was a controversial land cession agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that fueled Native resistance and helped spark Tecumseh's War.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Treaty with the Delawares, Miamis, Potawatomies, and Eel River
this entity surface form:
Fort Wayne Treaty of 1809