Founding of Fort Wayne
- When
- 1794–1795
- Where
- near modern-day Toledo, Ohio; Fort Wayne, near the Miami village of Kekionga, in what is now northeastern Indiana; Treaty of Greenville
- Episodes
- 3
In 1794 the United States Army, directed by Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne, built Fort Wayne near the Miami village of Kekionga in what is now northeastern Indiana. The fort followed Wayne's victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers and was the last in a series of forts at that site.
Episodes
- Founding of Fort Wayne
The United States Army under General Anthony Wayne built Fort Wayne in 1794 near the Miami village of Kekionga, the last in a series of forts there.
- Battle of Fallen Timbers
Anthony Wayne led a third expedition and defeated the confederacy's warriors near modern-day Toledo, Ohio, on August 20, 1794.
- Little Turtle on the Site's Importance
At the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, Miami Chief Little Turtle described the site as a glorious gate through which all words of the chiefs passed.
Background and detail
Background. The site of the future Fort Wayne was the Miami village of Kekionga, where a series of forts had previously stood. According to the supplied source, no active fort existed at Kekionga for roughly three decades after 1763, leaving the strategically important location without a garrison until Wayne's 1794 expedition.
Founding of the Fort. Fort Wayne was built in 1794 by the United States Army under the direction of General Anthony Wayne, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. It was the last in the series of forts constructed near Kekionga, and its establishment followed Wayne's defeat of the confederacy's warriors at the Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794.
Significance of the Site. The location's importance endured after the fort's founding. At the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, Miami Chief Little Turtle described the place as "that glorious gate...through which all the words of our chiefs had to pass through from north to south and from east to west," underscoring its role as a crossroads in the region.
People involved
- Anthony Wayne · United States Army general who directed the building of Fort Wayne
- Little Turtle · Chief of the Miami Nation who commented on the site's importance at the 1795 Treaty of Greenville
Sources
- Fort Wayne, Indiana Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
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