Redefining Fallen Timbers

Redefining Fallen Timbers

The Treaty of Greeneville was a successful Indian treaty for the Americans, especially when contrasted with earlier treaties signed by the Miami, Shawnee, or Wyandot tribes.[67] Historian Rufus King wrote of the Treaty of Greeneville: "Never after that treaty, to their honor be it remembered, did the Indian nations violate the limits which it established. It was a grand tribute to General Wayne that no chief or warrior who gave him the hand at Greene Ville ever after 'lifted the hatchet' against the United States."[68] However, the treaty did not prevent but merely delayed an era of renewed hostilities. Historian Reginald Horsman writes that, "The resounding phrases of the famous Treaty of Greenville thus meant very little...The Indians thought the Greenville line was to last forever, the Americans know better."[69] Land organized for settlement in 1796 and 1800 pursuant the Northwest Ordinance ignored the boundary line agreed upon at Greeneville. Indian participation in the War of 1812 was primarily influenced by further American encroachments past the defined boundaries. Just as Fallen Timbers had failed to be the final military action of the Old Northwest, the Treaty of Greeneville failed to be the final peace of the Old Northwest.
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For me it is not to define the Treaty of Greeneville, pass judgment or to focus on the event, I am more interested in looking at the
"Family ties and relationships" of the Interpreters involved "my ancestors" with the Indians-Kevin Lajiness