Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)

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land cession agreement treaty

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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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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tecumseh's War → cause → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ

Bodéwadmi → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ

Shawnee Nation → treaty → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty with the Delawares, Miamis, Potawatomies, and Eel River

Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Wayne Treaty of 1809