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A Brief Balance of Power—The 1778 Treaty with the Delaware Nation
Details from the Treaty of Fort Pitt. Left: A reference to the United ... established the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown, Ontario. By 1782 violence compelled the group known as the Absentee ...
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The Treaty of Fort Wayne, 1809—a treaty that led to war—goes on exhibit
In 1809, nearly 1,400 Potawatomi, Delaware, Miami, and Eel River Indians and their allies witnessed the Treaty of Fort Wayne, ceding 2.5 million acres of tribal lands in present-day Michigan ...