Use as an Indigenous-centered corrective to a federal or settler-only description of the Ohio Country conflict.
This evidence was selected to repair the Indigenous agriculture, land, and dispossession gap in the American whiskey history narrative.
Hemenway situates the 1795 Treaty of Greenville after years in which Great Lakes nations faced village destruction, civilian violence, displacement, and loss of land and resources. He calls the agreement imperfect and notes that not all tribes agreed to it.
Summer 1795
Summer 1795
Checked against the cited online source on 2026-09-05; wording is an original paraphrase.
Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Evidence
Hemenway places the treaty after sustained attacks on Native villages and losses of people, land, and resources.
Context and use
This is an Indigenous-centered public-history interpretation; exact treaty provisions require the treaty record.