Treaty Attendance
There were 180 Wyandot, 381 Delaware, 143 Shawnee, 45 Ottawa, 10 Kickapoo and Kaskaskia, 46 Chippewa, 340 Potawatomi, 73 Miami and Eel River and 12 Wea and Piankeshaw in GreeneVille on the 3rd of August 1795.
The Treaty Signing
At the signing of the Treaty of GreeneVille August 3, 1795, beside Wayne and the eighty chiefs were William Henry Harrison; Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; Isaac Zane, the founder of Zanesfield, Ohio; and Zebulon Montgomery Pike, the discoverer of Pike's Peak.
Treaty Medals
A total of 94 chiefs and subchiefs may have been given Treaty of GreeneVille medals at the signing on August 3, 1795. Many are lost. Only about 6 are known to exist.
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The Star Spangled Banner
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15-Star Flag Over Greene Ville
The first time the Star Spangled Banner, a fifteen star flag, was flown over an American army headquarters was probably in Greene Ville. A local historian, Frazer Wilson cites journals from 1795.
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Relics of Ft. Greene Ville
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A Treaty of Greene Ville 1795
The Treaty Room at Garst Museum highlights this significant historical US and Native American treaty. With its signing, the Northwest territory of the United States was opened to settlement.
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William Henry Harrison
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Second Treaty
The Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnee, Senecas and Miamis of 1814 was signed in Greene Ville on July 22, 1814. Once the Indian tribes realized they could no longer ally themselves with the British due the the British defeat in the war of 1812, they agreed to this treaty of peace.
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Little Turtle
Little Turtle's wife died on August 5, 1795 during the treaty procedings. General Wayne assisted with her burial with military music and a canon salute. His men carried her to her grave and chaplain David Jones delivered a short sermon. Little Turtle gave his thanks to Jones in appreciation for his words.
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