I CHOSE THIS TOPIC BECAUSE GENERAL WAYNE IS FAMOUS FOR HIS SIGNING OF THE GREENVILLE PEACE TREATY AND IT STILL RECOGNIZED FOR THIS BY THE US ARMY TODAY.
On August 3, 1795 General Wayne signs a peace treaty with the Indians at Fort Greenville, Ohio, ending the hostilities in the what was then known as the Northwest Territories after the Indian confederation's defeat at Fallen Timbers the year before. General Anthony Wayne led his forces into the decisive Battle of Fallen Timbers—near Toledo—on August 20, 1794. The Indians, led this time by Weyapiersenwah, were defeated. General Wayne forced the Indians to come to Greenville, Ohio where they signed a peace treaty on August 3, 1795. While some Indian land claims were recognized by the US government, the Indians lost most of the area that had been fought over in the last few years. Indian resistance was, by no means over, since Tecumseh led briefly unified tribes who attacked settlers and US forces early in the next century.
If the forces of General Wayne had been defeated by the Indians, it is likely that the British would have continued their challenge to US sovereignty, as they did in the War of 1812. However, Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers led the British to surrender their Midwestern forts. In July, 1796, Jean Francois Hamtramck representing the United State government and General Wayne's forces marched into Detroit and peacefully took possession of the city. General Wayne came to Detroit and lived there briefly.
General Wayne died in Pennsylvania shortly after leaving Detroit, so the nation had little time to apotheosize his important contribution to the fragile and greatly challenged young nation. His accomplishments are memorialized in the names of counties in twelve states and by Wayne State University. When war with Britain again seemed likely in the mid-1840, Congress had Montgomery Meigs design the huge fort now located on West Jefferson that was intended to thwart an invasion of the Midwest from Canada. Appropriately, this still carries Anthony Wayne's name.
On August 3, 1795 General Wayne signs a peace treaty with the Indians at Fort Greenville, Ohio, ending the hostilities in the what was then known as the Northwest Territories after the Indian confederation's defeat at Fallen Timbers the year before. General Anthony Wayne led his forces into the decisive Battle of Fallen Timbers—near Toledo—on August 20, 1794. The Indians, led this time by Weyapiersenwah, were defeated. General Wayne forced the Indians to come to Greenville, Ohio where they signed a peace treaty on August 3, 1795. While some Indian land claims were recognized by the US government, the Indians lost most of the area that had been fought over in the last few years. Indian resistance was, by no means over, since Tecumseh led briefly unified tribes who attacked settlers and US forces early in the next century.
If the forces of General Wayne had been defeated by the Indians, it is likely that the British would have continued their challenge to US sovereignty, as they did in the War of 1812. However, Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers led the British to surrender their Midwestern forts. In July, 1796, Jean Francois Hamtramck representing the United State government and General Wayne's forces marched into Detroit and peacefully took possession of the city. General Wayne came to Detroit and lived there briefly.
General Wayne died in Pennsylvania shortly after leaving Detroit, so the nation had little time to apotheosize his important contribution to the fragile and greatly challenged young nation. His accomplishments are memorialized in the names of counties in twelve states and by Wayne State University. When war with Britain again seemed likely in the mid-1840, Congress had Montgomery Meigs design the huge fort now located on West Jefferson that was intended to thwart an invasion of the Midwest from Canada. Appropriately, this still carries Anthony Wayne's name.