The Treaty of Ft. Wayne resulted in over 3 million acres being acquired for the settlement of white pioneers and settlers in Indiana and Illinois. Some tribes and tribal leaders were left out of the negotiations. This anger led to “Tecumseh’s War” or the Battle of Tippecanoe.
1805 Tecumseh and the Prophet at Munsee Town
Tecumseh and his brother, Tenskwatawa “The Prophet”, lived in one of the Delaware Indian villages at Munsee Town during this year.
1804 Indian Torture Stake Delaware County
Full Article: The Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History Vol. 1, No. 4 (Fourth Quarter, 1905), pp. 176-179 (4 pages)
1804 Christian Indians Burned at the Stake
Tate-e-bock-o-shee and his nephew, Billy Patterson, were burned at the stake for “witchcraft” at the Indian village near Yorktown. Some traditional Native American tribe members thought tribe members moving away from their traditional beliefs to Christianity were practicing witchcraft.
As the status of Native Americans declined, there was a push towards their traditional ways.
1804 Treaty with the Delaware
The Delaware Treaty of 1804 stipulated that the Delaware Indians held the right to all country between the Ohio River and the White River. The dominant Miami Indians agreed to this arrangement.
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Preceding this Treaty:
1800 Indiana Territory is Formed
Congress separated Ohio from the Northwest Territory in 1800. The remainder of the Northwest Territory then became Indiana Territory.
1801 Harrison Governor of Indiana Territory
1801 William Henry Harrison became governor of the Indiana Territory and served 12 years in that position. His desire was to empty the lands of native Americans and push them to the west side of the Mississippi River.
Harrison was later the 9th president of the United States.
1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson 3rd US president
1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson served as the 3rd US president
1795-1799 Delaware Indians Settled at White River
Delaware Indians settled around present-day Yorktown. After 1800 there is no record of fighting with native Americans in our area. When Oliver H. Smith platted Yorktown, he named the town for the “York Indians”. The native Americans who settled along the White River, were part of the Lenape/Delaware Tribe coming originally from the area that became New York stopping in Ohio on their journey.
1795 The Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Greenville was negotiated to end the violence and establish lands for the tribes. The Miami tribes were given the lands in the Wabash River watershed with the exception of the White River which was to be occupied by the Delawares. This was but a temporary measure for as the white Americans pushed west the agreement was nullified.