Treaty of Fort Finney
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Fort Finney canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T432424 — 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 Finney Context triple: [Northwest Indian War, treaty, Treaty of Fort Finney]
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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 St. Louis (1825)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to the U.S. government as part of its westward expansion.
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C.
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.
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D.
Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
- 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 Finney Target entity description: 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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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 St. Louis (1825)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to the U.S. government as part of its westward expansion.
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C.
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.
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D.
Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Ohio Country
ⓘ
lands north of the Ohio River ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
escalating conflicts on the Ohio frontier
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increased tensions between Native American nations and the United States in the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| hasContext | post-American Revolutionary War frontier expansion ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1786 ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Fort Finney
ⓘ
Ohio River basin ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio River Valley
|
| hasParty |
Shawnee Nation
ⓘ
United States government ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
ceded large tracts of Shawnee land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States
ⓘ
helped set the stage for the Northwest Indian War ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1786 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early United States republic era
ⓘ
post-Revolutionary War era ⓘ |
| involves |
Shawnee
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| precedes | Northwest Indian War ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Northwest Territory
ⓘ
United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form:
United States westward expansion
|
| resultsIn | land cession by the Shawnee to the United States ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Shawnee Nation
ⓘ
surface form:
Shawnee leaders
representatives of the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Fort Finney Description of subject: 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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