<P> The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795, at Fort Greenville, now Greenville, Ohio; it followed negotiations after the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers a year earlier . It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west . The parties to the treaty were a coalition of Native American tribes, known as the Western Confederacy, and United States government represented by General Anthony Wayne for local frontiersmen . The treaty is considered "the beginning of modern Ohio history ." </P> <P> The treaty established what became known as the Greenville Treaty Line, which was for several years a boundary between Native American territory and lands open to European - American settlers . The latter frequently disregarded the treaty line as they continued to encroach on Native American lands . </P>

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