Fighting for the Northwest territories
The Battle of Fallen Timbers • Americans move westward following the Revolution into the Northwest Territories • Native Americans living there are hostile to this encroachment • The Native Americans are armed by the British to fight back
Questions • 1). Who was arming the Native American tribes? • 2). What was the cause of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? • 3). Who was the American commander? The Miami leader? • 4). What was the outcome? • 5). What were the stipulations of the Treaty of Grenville?
The Battle of Tippecanoe
Cause • The British continued to distribute arm Native American tribes in the West • American settlers move west into a collision course with Native Americans
The Major Players • Tecumseh • The Prophet • William Henry Harrison
Tecumseh • A Shawnee chief • Refused to recognize treaty that allowed “Whites” into Ohio • Hoped to unify all Native Americans against the settlers – Unified many tribes of the Northwestern Territories
The Prophet • The Younger brother of Tecumseh • Religious man and mystic • His followers believed he had powers • Forms the confederacy w/ Tecumseh
The Confederacy • Military alliance of NW territories tribes against white settlers • Members of many tribes moved to Tecumseh and the Prophet’s city, Prophetstown in present Day Indiana
William Henry Harrison • Governor of the territory of Indiana
The Battle of Tippecanoe - Harrison and the United States win
Aftermath • The Prophet is totally discredited • Tecumseh’s confederacy falls apart and Native Americans lose any chance of expelling the white settlers • Tecumseh flees to Canada and is later killed at the Battle of Thames during the War of 1812
Colonel Richard Johnson • Personally killed Tecumseh • Results in a long political career • Served as a member of the House and the Senate – Representing Kentucky • 9 th Vice President – Van Buren’s Presidency • Best Campaign Slogan Ever…. . – “Rumpsy Dumpsy, Vote the man who shot Tecumseh” • Awesome
The Battle Field Today • The battle field is state monument located in Indiana
The Black Hawk War (1832)
Cause • In the Old Northwest, the Sauk and Fox had maintained a homeland in the area along the Rock River, close to where it empties into the Mississippi (the vicinity of modern Rock Island, Illinois). • The US Government wanted all the Sauk and Fox to relocate but allowed them to stay until more whites arrived – Unfair 1804 treaty
Cause • The Sauk never thought that day would come • 1820, the US government called in the treaty • The Sauk resist
Major Player • Chief Black Hawk • Long been an enemy of the US • Fought w/ British in War of 1812 • Refused to leave the territory
The Spark • • 1831 – Blackhawk and his followers moved into Iowa and crossed the Mississippi into Illinois to reclaim land Militia in Michigan Territory force Blackhawk back Winter of 1832 – incredibly harsh and Sauk Starve Blackhawk brings Sauk back into Illinois (400 warriors)
Bad Ax Massacre • • Early August 1832 - On August 1, Black Hawk, under a white flag, attempted to surrender to forces aboard the steamboat Warrior, but the vessel's suspicious captain opened fire, killing and wounding a number of Black Hawk's followers. That evening, Black Hawk decided to continue the northward retreat, but the bulk of the native force chose to remain and make a stand. On the 2 nd, the Sauk and Fox were decisively defeated on the banks of the Bad Axe. Over an eight-hour period, soldiers slaughtered fleeing Indians indiscriminately.
End of Blackhawk • Black Hawk took refuge with the Winnebago, but was later handed over to U. S. forces and temporarily imprisoned in St. Louis. He lived out his life on tribal lands in Iowa and died in 1838.
Presidents in the Sauk War
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