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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Manuel[/i] [br]"Following the American Revolution, the Native American peoples of the Midwest were increasingly pushed from their homelands by white settlement. Two ill-fated U.S. military expeditions, led by Generals Josiah Harmar (1790) and Arthur St. Clair (1791), were defeated by a confederation of Native American tribes led by Michikinikwa (Litte Turtle) of the Miami. On Aug. 20, 1794, Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne and his Legion of the United States met and defeated the confederated tribes, led by Weyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket) of the Shawnee and Michikinikwa, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Despite later attempts by Native Americans under Tecumseh of the Shawnee to halt white encroachment, the loss at Fallen Timbers and the ensuing Treaty of Greenville (1795) opened the lands of the Northwest Territory to white settlement and initiated the closing of them to Native Americans. This archaeological project is an attempt to accurately locate and preserve the field of battle and to more fully understand the motives and movements of the combatants and their people before, during and after the pivotal Battle of Fallen Timbers." In its entirety at: http://www.heidelberg.edu/FallenTimbers/index.html [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.