Northwest Indian War
1785 – 1795
Result United States victory
A confederation of Native American nations fought the United States for control of the Northwest Territory. After early Native victories, the U.S. Army won at Fallen Timbers in 1794, and the Treaty of Greenville ended the war.
Battles and events 4
October 7–22, 1790
Harmar campaign
Northwestern Confederacy victory
Northwest Territory ; (Now within present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Josiah Harmar, Little Turtle, Blue Jacket
January 2, 1791
Big Bottom massacre
Ohio
November 4, 1791
St. Clair's defeat
Northwestern Confederacy victory
Fort Recovery
Arthur St. Clair, Richard Butler, William Darke
August 20, 1794
Battle of Fallen Timbers
United States victory
Anthony Wayne, James Wilkinson, Jean François Hamtramck









