History and government of Indiana .. . e the Shockeys and Kickapoos on the prairies;on lower Eel river were the Miamis proper; north of them amongthe lakes were the Pottawattomies; around Fort Wayne werethe Tightwees; and on the Mississinewa were the these were kindred tribes and lived together in peace. While the United States asserted its right to control the ter-itory and make laws for it, the Indians claimed the ownershipof the land. White settlers were not allowed to buy land directlyfrom the Indians, but the Government sought to get the Indians HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
History and government of Indiana .. . e the Shockeys and Kickapoos on the prairies;on lower Eel river were the Miamis proper; north of them amongthe lakes were the Pottawattomies; around Fort Wayne werethe Tightwees; and on the Mississinewa were the these were kindred tribes and lived together in peace. While the United States asserted its right to control the ter-itory and make laws for it, the Indians claimed the ownershipof the land. White settlers were not allowed to buy land directlyfrom the Indians, but the Government sought to get the Indians HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 491 by treaties to yield the land, and then it would be sold to thewhites who wished to build their homes in the West. As thewhites increased in number, the Indians felt that they were beingforced off their hunting grounds, or cheated out of their rights,and war broke out. Waynes Victory at Fallen Timbers, 1794. Fort WayneBuilt. The President sent General Anthony Wayne ( MadAnthony ), a hero of the Revolution, to the Ohio Valley to. Fort Wayne about 1S12 collect and train an army to conquer the Indians. Afterthree years of fighting, he succeeded in completely defeating theIndians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, English had promised to support the Indians, but at thelast refused, leaving the Indians alone to sustain their the towns and fields of growing corn were destroyed. Gen-eral Wayne built a strong fort where Fort Wayne now stands,October, 1794, and left enough soldiers there to compel theIndians to behave. 492 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT Treaty of Greenville, 1795. The next summer, at FortGreenville, Wayne made a treaty with the Indians at which theygave up all land south of a line from the headwaters of the Cuy-ahoga River to Fort Recovery, and then to the mouth of theKentucky just above Madison. This was known among thepioneers as the Greenville Treaty Line. Missionary Work among the Indians: the Curse of StrongDrink. Following th
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