Treaty of Fort Meigs
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The Treaty of Fort Meigs was an 1817 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee, that ceded large tracts of Indigenous land in the Northwest Territory to the U.S. government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Fort Meigs canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2686299 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Meigs Context triple: [Shawnee, treaty, Treaty of Fort Meigs]
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A.
Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
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B.
Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
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C.
Treaty of Wapakoneta
The Treaty of Wapakoneta was an 1831 agreement in which the Shawnee ceded their remaining lands in Ohio to the United States and were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
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D.
Treaty of Hopewell
The Treaty of Hopewell was a series of late 18th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations, including the Cherokee, that established boundaries and sought to regulate relations on the southern frontier.
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E.
Treaty of Payne’s Landing
The Treaty of Payne’s Landing was an 1832 agreement between the United States and some Seminole leaders that controversially required the Seminoles to relocate from Florida to Indian Territory, helping spark the Second Seminole War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Meigs Target entity description: The Treaty of Fort Meigs was an 1817 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee, that ceded large tracts of Indigenous land in the Northwest Territory to the U.S. government.
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A.
Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
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B.
Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
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C.
Treaty of Wapakoneta
The Treaty of Wapakoneta was an 1831 agreement in which the Shawnee ceded their remaining lands in Ohio to the United States and were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
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D.
Treaty of Hopewell
The Treaty of Hopewell was a series of late 18th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations, including the Cherokee, that established boundaries and sought to regulate relations on the southern frontier.
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E.
Treaty of Payne’s Landing
The Treaty of Payne’s Landing was an 1832 agreement between the United States and some Seminole leaders that controversially required the Seminoles to relocate from Florida to Indian Territory, helping spark the Second Seminole War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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treaty ⓘ |
| aim | secure land for American settlement in the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| effectOnIndigenousPeoples |
displacement of Native American communities
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loss of traditional lands ⓘ |
| follows | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Old Northwest ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | ratified treaty of the United States ⓘ |
| location |
Fort Meigs
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Northwest Territory ⓘ Ohio ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States territorial expansion
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surface form:
United States westward expansion
series of U.S.–Native American land treaties ⓘ |
| party |
Shawnee
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
other Native American tribes of the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| result |
cession of Indigenous land to the United States
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transfer of Native American land titles to the U.S. government ⓘ |
| signatory |
Chippewa
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Delaware ⓘ Illinois peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Illinois tribes
Kaskaskia ⓘ Kickapoo ⓘ Miami ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Piankashaw ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ Seneca ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ United States government ⓘ Wea ⓘ Wyandot ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1817 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
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postcolonial United States expansion ⓘ |
| topic |
United States–Native American relations
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land cession ⓘ post–War of 1812 settlement ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Fort Meigs Description of subject: The Treaty of Fort Meigs was an 1817 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee, that ceded large tracts of Indigenous land in the Northwest Territory to the U.S. government.
Referenced by (2)
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