The French were able to get along with the Indians, why couldn’t the Americans?

Indians vs. Illinois

Vocab War of Attrition Rout A war fought where the victor is decided by who has more resources over time Rout A complete loss where your forces are retreating with out orders

Chief Pontiac United three Indian tribes in the Great Lakes area Fought with the French in the French and Indian War Wished to be respected by the British and have a trade relationship like the one he had with the French

Pontiac continued Following the French and Indian war Pontiac refused to surrender Fought the British for two years, delaying settlement of Illinois

The Pontiac Conspiracy Coordinated the attack of 12 British forts from the Great Lakes to lower Mississippi 8 of the 12 Forts were taken Pontiac almost took Fort Detroit but was sold out Pontiac lost the war of attrition and surrendered in 1766

General Harmar vs. Little Turtle 1790 General Harmar sent to end the Indian threat in Ohio Leads some regulars and some inexperienced men Harmar goes on a warpath burning villages through Ohio while families retreat Little Turtle ambushes a detachment of Harmar’s force

Harmar sends a detachment after Little Turtle Men were ambushed again Men rout Some as far as the Ohio River Harmar lost 183 men

St. Clair’s Defeat Governor St. Clair leads an army trying to force Little Turtle into a surrender Army was surrounded and had to fight their way out and back to the fort 630 Dead “The ground was literally covered with the dead”

Battle of Fallen Timbers Mad Wayne Anthony finally achieves a solid victory against Little Turtle Had better trained and more disciplined army Forces the Treaty of Greenville

Treaty of Greenville Takes land in the North West Territories from the Indians Gives annual payments to the tribes moved Payments stopped quickly “as long as the woods grow and the waters run” Supposed to create a lasting peace