Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Seneca, and Miami at Greenville, Ohio (1814)
In 1814 at Greenville, Ohio, five nations made peace with the United States, pledged to fight Britain, and were promised pre-war boundaries.
- Signed
- July 22, 1814
- Senate
- Ratified
- Promises
- 0 of 1 broken or only partly kept
What happened
What happened
This is a wartime treaty of peace and friendship, signed at Greenville, Ohio, on 22 July 1814, during the War of 1812. William Henry Harrison and Lewis Cass, governor of the Michigan Territory, signed for the United States. The other side was the head men, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoese, Senecas and Miamis.
In Article I, the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoese and Senecas, together with the United States, gave peace to the Miami nation. They also extended it to named groups of Potawatomi, Ottawa and Kickapoo.
In Article II, the tribes and bands named engaged to help the United States prosecute the war against Great Britain, and against tribes that continued hostile. They also promised to make no peace with either without the consent of the United States. Each tribe would supply the number of warriors the President, or an officer with authority, required.
In Article III, the Wyandot, the Senecas of Sandusky and Stony Creek, the Delaware and Shawanoes, who the text says kept their fidelity throughout the war, again acknowledged themselves under United States protection and no other power's.
Article IV promised that, if the conditions were faithfully performed, the United States would confirm and establish all boundaries between its lands and those of the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoese and Miamies, as they were before the war. The page lists ratification on 13 December 1814 and proclamation on 21 December.
What was promised, and what happened
- Not known
Confirm and establish boundaries between US lands and theirs as they were before the war. (Art. 4)
the United States will confirm and establish all the boundaries between their lands and those of the Wyandots
treaties.okstate.edu
Good to know. This was a peace treaty and ceded no land; the promise of pre-war boundaries depended on the nations keeping its terms.
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What the sources say, and how this was checked
Well supported by the sources below.
engage to give their aid to the United States in prosecuting the war against Great Britain
Treaty with the Wyandot, etc., 1814 (Greenville), Tribal Treaties Databasethe United States will confirm and establish all the boundaries between their lands and those of the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoese and Miamies
Treaty with the Wyandot, etc., 1814 (Greenville), Tribal Treaties Databaseagain acknowledge themselves under the protection of the said states, and of no other power whatever
Treaty with the Wyandot, etc., 1814 (Greenville), Tribal Treaties DatabaseA treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of America, and the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots
Treaty with the Wyandot, etc., 1814 (Greenville), Tribal Treaties Database
Research notes. The text conditions the boundary promise on 'a faithful performance of the conditions of this treaty'; the sources cited do not cover later boundary history. The treaty does not cede land. Several signing groups (Ottawa, Potawatomi, Kickapoo) are listed in the signature block rather than the title.
What happened next
Everything the record holds about this land and this treaty, in order: what earlier agreements said, what this one did, and what the United States, the courts and the nations did afterwards.
Who is doing the work today
The nations connected to this treaty come first, then groups returning land and defending treaty rights. Support goes directly to them.
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Delaware Nation (Oklahoma)
- Delaware Tribe of Indians
- Stockbridge Munsee Community
- Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
- Seneca-Cayuga Nation
- Seneca Nation of Indians
- Tonawanda Band of Seneca
Working with these nations
- Stockbridge-Munsee Community (Band of Mohican Indians) Nation government 372 acres on Monument Mountain's north slope (finalized Apr 2025; $2.5M, $2.26M state grant)
- Oneida Indian Nation Nation government About 18,000 acres in trust (2022 est.), 25,000-acre cap under 2013 agreement
- Rematriation Native-led Indigenous women-led media, education, community advocacy Give on their site Website
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Allied land trust Funder/partner in several tribal land returns Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
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Sources
Sources
- treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-wyandot-etc-1814-0105reference work
July 22, 1814. | 7 Stat., 118. / scan: 105
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