The Battle of Fallen Timbers was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Northwestern Confederacy and their British allies, against the nascent United States for control of the Northwest Territory. The battle took place amid trees toppled by a tornado near the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio at the site of the present-day city of Maumee, Ohio.
Charge of the Dragoons at Fallen Timbers by R. T. Zogbaum, 1895
The Legion of the United States makes contact with the Western Confederacy on 20 August 1794.
Fallen Timbers Battle
Site of Fort Miami
The Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), also known by other names, was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory fought between the United States and a united group of Native American nations known today as the Northwestern Confederacy. The United States Army considers it the first of the American Indian Wars.
This depiction of the Treaty of Greenville negotiations may have been painted by one of Anthony Wayne's officers.
St. Clair's Defeat (Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, 1896)
The Great Indian Council, 1793 (Lewis Foy), depicts the conference near Amherstburg. Seated on chairs from right to left are U.S. commissioners Pickering, Lincoln, and Randolph. The British officer in red may be McKee or Elliot, the Native orator may be Carry-One-About.
The Legion of the United States at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794
