Fallen Timbers

American  

[faw-luhn tim-berz] / ˈfɔ lən ˈtɪm bərz /

noun

1. a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes Northwest Indian Confederation was defeated by General Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.

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Fallen Timbers

Wayne commanded Army forces during the Northwest Indian War, a confrontation on the American frontier that ended with the Battle of Fallen Timbers, a key victory over confederated Native forces that allied with the British.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023

In 1794, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Wayne was victorious.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

Pratt begins with essays on the temper and tactics of such well-known generals as Greene, who forced Cornwallis into his hopeless position at Yorktown, and "Mad Anthony" Wayne, the hero of Fallen Timbers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The defeat at Fallen Timbers was a severe blow to the Indigenous nations of the Ohio Country, but they would reorganize their resistance during the following decade.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The Battle at Fallen Timbers and its aftermath were evidence that the federal government would not hesitate to use both regular and irregular warfare to get the lands it wanted.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz