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Battle of Fallen Timbers: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date August 20, 1794
Location Maumee River • Ohio • Toledo • United States
Participants Lenni Lenape • Iroquoian peoples • Miami • Northwest Indian Confederation • Ojibwe • Ottawa • Potawatomi • Shawnee • United States
Context Treaty of Greenville • American Revolution • Treaty of Paris

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Fallen Timbers, Battle of
Map illustrating the Northwest Territory as defined by the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787, covering present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Insets show the Ohio Company's land purchases with numbered townships and sections, and a diagram explaining how land was divided into square-mile sections, with further subdivisions labeled by acreage. Section 16 in each township is marked as reserved for public schools. Current state boundaries and years of statehood are indica
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Little Turtle
Oil painting of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville signing, showing General Anthony Wayne with U.S. officers and Miami chief Little Turtle with Native American leaders in a grassy landscape.
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Key People

William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
president of United States
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne
American military officer
Little Turtle
Little Turtle
Miami chief

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