Northwest Indian War

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18th-century conflict military conflict war

The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory	1
Native American resistance in the Old Northwest	1
Northwest Indian War prelude	1
Northwest Indian War treaties	1
Northwest Territory campaigns	1
Ohio War	1
War for control of the Ohio Country	1
War for the Ohio Country	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century conflict ⓘ military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Little Turtle's War ⓘ Northwest Indian War ⓘ surface form: Ohio War Northwest Indian War ⓘ surface form: War for the Ohio Country
belligerent	British Canada ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cause	United States expansion into Native American lands ⓘ disputed control of the Northwest Territory ⓘ failure to enforce Treaty of Paris 1783 provisions on British withdrawal from forts ⓘ
commander	Anthony Wayne ⓘ Arthur St. Clair ⓘ Blue Jacket ⓘ Buckongahelas ⓘ Josiah Harmar ⓘ Little Turtle's War ⓘ surface form: Little Turtle
concludedBy	Jay Treaty ⓘ Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
conflictIn	Indian Territory ⓘ surface form: Northwest Territory Ohio Country ⓘ Old Northwest ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfBattle	Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794 ⓘ Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ Battle of the Wabash ⓘ surface form: St. Clair's Defeat, 1791
effect	large-scale cession of Native American lands in Ohio to the United States ⓘ opening of the Northwest Territory to American settlement ⓘ weakening of Native American resistance in the Old Northwest ⓘ
endTime	1795 ⓘ
followedBy	Tecumseh's War ⓘ
follows	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early national period of the United States ⓘ
involvedOrganization	British Indian Department ⓘ Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
legalBasis	Northwest Ordinance ⓘ surface form: Northwest Ordinance of 1787
location	Northern United States ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes region present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Indiana ⓘ Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: present-day Michigan present-day Ohio ⓘ present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Maumee Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Miami Towns Battle of the Wabash ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Ohio Country Battle of the Wabash ⓘ Battle of the Wabash ⓘ surface form: St. Clair's Defeat
opponent	Lenape ⓘ surface form: Delaware (Lenape) Kickapoo ⓘ Miami tribe ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ surface form: Mingo Ojibwe ⓘ surface form: Ojibwe (Chippewa) Ottawa ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ Wyandot ⓘ
opposedBy	Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Confederacy of Native American tribes
partOf	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars
relatedTo	United States territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: American westward expansion Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ surface form: Proclamation Line of 1763 Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783
result	British abandonment of direct military support to the confederacy ⓘ Native American defeat ⓘ United States victory ⓘ
significantEvent	construction of a chain of U.S. forts in the Northwest Territory ⓘ creation of the Legion of the United States ⓘ
startTime	1785 ⓘ
supportedBy	British Empire ⓘ British traders in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
treaty	Jay Treaty ⓘ Treaty of Fort Finney ⓘ Treaty of Fort Harmar ⓘ Treaty of Fort McIntosh ⓘ Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Little Turtle's War → alsoKnownAs → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → alsoKnownAs → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ohio War

Northwest Indian War → alsoKnownAs → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: War for the Ohio Country

Treaty of Fort McIntosh → category → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Indian War prelude

Anthony Wayne → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Battle of the Wabash → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Blue Jacket → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Buckongahelas → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: War for control of the Ohio Country

Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

John Hardin → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Josiah Harmar → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Northwest Indian Confederacy → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Old Northwest → conflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Harmar → conflictContext → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Battle of Fallen Timbers → conflictOf → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

American Revolutionary War → followedBy → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Treaty of Fort McIntosh → followedBy → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → follows → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Indian War treaties

Early Republic of the United States → hasPart → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American resistance in the Old Northwest

British Canada → involvedIn → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

William Henry Harrison → militaryConflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Treaty of Greenville → militaryContext → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

United States–Native American wars → notableSubconflict → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

George Rogers Clark → notableWork → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Territory campaigns

Battle of Fallen Timbers → partOf → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Battle of the Wabash → partOf → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Buckongahelas → partOf → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory

Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → partOf → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Harmar → partOf → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Meriwether Lewis → participantIn → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Arthur St. Clair → participatedIn → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Miami tribe → participatedIn → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Finney → precedes → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Illinois frontier → relatedEvent → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Jay Treaty → relatedTo → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

William Clark → servedIn → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Ohio Country → significantEvent → Northwest Indian War ⓘ

Ohio Valley region → wasKeyTheaterIn → Northwest Indian War ⓘ