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| Ft. Loramie Plaque (continued). The text
follows: "This marker is located on the boundary line which was established at the
end of the Indian Wars to separate the American settlers and the Indians. It was agreed
upon by the United States and the defeated confederated Indian tribes at the treaty of
Greene Ville August 3, 1795. Except for the reserved sections shown on the map, including
Loramie’s store, and seven other strategic areas in the Northwest Territory, the
lands North and West of the treaty line were left to the Indians. South and East, the
area, now freed from Indian marauding by Gen. Anthony Wayne’s military success, was
opened to settlement. As a result, the greater part of what is today Ohio experienced a
rapid growth, and in 1803, qualified as the first state to be formed from the old
Northwest. The treaty line was surveyed by Rufus Putnam and Israel Ludlow in
1797-1798." Reprinted from the "Shelby County Democrat", Aug. 9, 1895 The Greene Ville Treaty "One hundred years ago Saturday of last week the agreement between General Anthony Wayne on the part of the United States and the chief of the Indians, living in the Northwest Territory, known as the Greene Ville treaty, was signed at Fort Greene Ville. By that agreement the Indians gave up all title to the lands south of what is now known as the old boundary line. This line extended from Fort Laurence (sic), on the Muskingum river, to Fort Loramies, now in this county. East of the latter place this line runs south of a due west course. At Fort Loramies the line changed to a north-westerly course and extended to Fort Wayne. Several pieces of land north of this line around forts and military stations were also ceded by the Indians to the United States. The centennial anniversary of this important event was very fittingly celebrated at the city of Greenville last Saturday. There were about 30,000 people at the celebration and addresses were made by Governor McKinley, Judges____Hunt of Cincinnati, and W. J. Gillmore, of Columbus. Among the visitors were some of the descendants of the Indians whose ancestors participated in the wars that preceded this treaty of peace and were represented in the treaty. The citizens of Darke county and particularly of Greenville made this the greatest event in the history of the county. This celebration was more than a local event. It was national in its importance, because the treaty of Greene Ville terminated the trouble that had existed with the Indians from almost the beginning of the Revolutionary war. It extinguished the Indian titles to all the southern portions of Ohio and Indiana and opened up for settlement thousands of acres of the finest country on the earth. In its wake came the hardy pioneers who began the labor of civilization that fills all this part of the country with prosperous cities, towns and farms with millions of population and almost untold prosperity and wealth. " [Back] [Next] [Up] [New Search] 'Indian' segment written in December, 1997 by David Lodge |