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The Battle of Fallen Timbers was a conflict between Native American and United States troops that
occurred August 20, 1794. The Native
American forces were an alliance of Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Delaware, and
Mingo forces led by the Shawnee leader Weyapiersenwah, one of the strongest Native American alliances to date. They had previously achieved several
major victories over the United States in a series of insurrections (suspected to have been incited by the British), but when they found themselves face-to-face with a full sized army, they failed to
mount an effective resistance. The United States troops, led by General Anthony Wayne, crushed the Native American forces and then proceeded down the
Maumee River, razing Native American villages and crops as they went. The
defeat led to the signing of the Treaty of Greenville by
the Native Americans.
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