Battle of Kekionga
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The Battle of Kekionga was a 1790 clash between U.S. forces and a Native American confederacy near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in which Native warriors decisively repelled an early American military expedition into the Northwest Territory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Kekionga canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Harmar's Campaign, 1790
ⓘ
surface form:
Harmar's Defeat
|
| belligerent |
Native American confederacy
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Western Confederacy ⓘ |
| cause |
Native American resistance to U.S. settlement and land claims
ⓘ
U.S. attempts to enforce treaties and land cessions in the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| combatant |
Delaware (Lenape)
ⓘ
Miami ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| commander |
Blue Jacket
ⓘ
Josiah Harmar ⓘ Little Turtle ⓘ |
| conflict | Northwest Indian War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1790-10-22 ⓘ |
| era | post–American Revolutionary period ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of the Wabash
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Clair's Defeat
|
| geographicalFeature | confluence of the St. Joseph, St. Marys, and Maumee rivers ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ |
| location |
Kekionga
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near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInvolved |
U.S. militia forces
ⓘ
United States regular troops ⓘ |
| nativeAlliance | multi-tribal Native American confederacy ⓘ |
| objective |
to assert U.S. control over the Northwest Territory
ⓘ
to destroy the Miami town of Kekionga ⓘ |
| outcome |
decisive defeat of U.S. forces
ⓘ
strengthening of Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northwest Indian War
ⓘ
United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form:
United States expansion into the Old Northwest
early Indian Wars of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Treaty of Greenville
ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ |
| relatedPlace | Fort Wayne, Indiana ⓘ |
| result | Native American victory ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to later reorganization of the U.S. Army
ⓘ
early major setback for the United States Army ⓘ heightened tensions between the United States and Native nations of the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| territorialContext | Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| theater | Old Northwest ⓘ |
| year | 1790 ⓘ |
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