Treaty of Fort Industry
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The Treaty of Fort Industry was a successor treaty to the Treaty of Greenville
Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Greenville was signed at Fort Greenville , on August 3, 1795, between a coalition of Native Americans & Frontiers men, known as the Western Confederacy, and the United States following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. It put an end to the Northwest Indian War...

, which moved the eastern boundary of Indian
Native Americans in the United States
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 lands in northern Ohio
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 from the Tuscarawas River
Tuscarawas River
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 and Cuyahoga River
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 westward to a line 120 miles west of the Pennsylvania
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 boundary, which coincided with the western boundary of the Firelands
Firelands
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 of the Connecticut Western Reserve
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. In return, the United States
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 agreed “every year forever hereafter, at Detroit
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, or some other convenient place” to pay $825 for the ceded lands south of the 41st degree of north latitude
Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges
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, and an additional $175 for the Firelands
Firelands
The Firelands or Sufferers' Lands tract was located at the western end of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio...

, which lie north of 41 degrees north, which the President would secure from the Connecticut Land Company
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, for a total of annuity $1000.00, to be “divided between said nations, from time to time, in such proportions as said nations, with the approbation of the President, shall agree.“

The treaty was signed on July 4, 1805 by the following parties:

  • The United States
    United States
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  • Charles Jouett

  • Ottawa
    Ottawa (tribe)
    The Odawa or Ottawa, said to mean "traders," are a Native American and First Nations people. They are one of the Anishinaabeg, related to but distinct from the Ojibwe nation. Their original homelands are located on Manitoulin Island, near the northern shores of Lake Huron, on the Bruce Peninsula in...

  • Nekeik, or Little Otter
  • Kawachewan, or Eddy
  • Mechimenduch, or Big Bowl
  • Aubaway
  • Ogonse
  • Sawgamaw
  • Tusquagan
  • Tondawganie, or the Dog
  • Ashawet

  • Chippewa
    Ojibwa
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  • Macquettoquet, or Little Bear
  • Gichi-aanakwad (Quitchonequit), or Big Cloud
  • Queoonequetwabaw
  • Oshki-gwiiwizens (Oscaquassanu), or Young Boy
  • Maanameg (Monimack), or Cat Fish
  • Tonquish

  • Potawatomi
    Potawatomi
    The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...

  • Noname
  • Mogawh

  • Wyandot
  • Tarhee, or the Crane
    Tarhe
    Tarhe was a leader of the Wyandot people in the Ohio country. His nickname was "The Crane". He fought European-American expansion into the region until the Western Indian Confederacy was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Afterwards, he sought accommodation with the United...

  • Miere, or Walk in Water
  • Thateyyanayoh, or Leather Lips
  • Harrowenyou, or Cherokee Boy
  • Tschauendah
  • Tahunehawettee, or Adam Brown
  • Shawrunthie

  • Munsee and Delaware (also known as the Lenape
    Lenape
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    )
  • Puckconsittond
  • Paahmehelot
  • Pamoxet, or Armstrong
  • Pappellelond, or Beaver Hat

  • Shawnee
    Shawnee
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  • Weyapurseawaw, or Blue Jacket
    Blue Jacket
    Blue Jacket or Weyapiersenwah was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country...

     (also known as Weyapiersenwah)
  • Cutheaweasaw, or Black Hoof
    Black Hoof
    Catecahassa or Black Hoof was the head civil chief of the Shawnee Indians in the Ohio Country of what became the United States. A member of the Mekoche division of the Shawnees, Black Hoof became known as a fierce warrior during the early wars between the Shawnee and Anglo-American colonists...

  • Auonasechla, or Civil Man
  • Isaac Peters
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