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17: 152: 1118: 202: 366:, signed on August 3, 1795, the native nations ceded six square miles around the fort and allowed the Americans to maintain a trading post there, even though it was within the area of land defined by the "Greenville Treaty Line", beyond which Americans had agreed not to settle. Wayne promised the land of "Indiana", the remaining land to the west, to remain Indian forever. During the treaty meeting, Wayne brought with him food supplies for the natives and made sure crops were planted again. The fort was abandoned in 1796. 177: 1129: 53: 209: 184: 361:
villages and their crops within a 50-mile (80 km) radius of the fort. The land which originally belonged to Native Americans was ceded to the United States by the British after the American Revolutionary War. The British would later supply and influence local tribes to take up arms.. Under terms
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Nelson, Paul D. (1986). "General Charles Scott, the Kentucky Mounted Volunteers, and the Northwest Indian Wars, 1784–1794".
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Catalano, Joshua (2019). "Blue Jacket, Anthony Wayne, and the Psychological and Symbolic War for Ohio, 1790-1795".
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Work began on August 9, 1794, and was completed by August 17. The name was derived from a declaration by
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rivers. It was one of a line of defenses constructed by American forces in the campaign leading to the
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Fort Defiance served as a reference point for defining the boundary line of land cession in the
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Fort Winchester was constructed on a nearby site in 1812 by Gen. William Henry Harrison.
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Before and during the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Wayne ordered the destruction of all
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Defiance (Ohio)
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Today, a park occupies the site of the fort, which was added to the
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National Register of Historic Places in Defiance County, Ohio
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in 1807. This north–south line would be used again as the
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in the second week of August 1794 at the confluence of the
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Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
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Northwest Territory
Defiance, Ohio

Northwest Indian War
Tecumseh's War
War of 1812
Anthony Wayne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Auglaize
Maumee
Fort Defiance (Ohio) is located in Ohio
Fort Defiance (Ohio) is located in the United States
Defiance
Ohio
41°17′15″N 84°21′25″W / 41.28750°N 84.35694°W / 41.28750; -84.35694
80002989
General "Mad" Anthony Wayne
Auglaize
Maumee
Northwest Indian War
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Charles Scott
Native American
Treaty of Greenville
Defiance, Ohio
Treaty of Detroit
Michigan Meridian
Michigan

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