Northwest Indian War Timeline of Events

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Northwest Indian War

The Northwest Indian War , also known as Little Turtle's War and by various other names, was a war fought between the United States and a confederation of numerous American Indian tribes for control of the Northwest Territory...

Timeline of Events

1790

10.22.1790

Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.

1791

1.2.1791

Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War

8.7.1791

United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.