Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In the years following independence, the newly-formed United States of America look westward for their expansion, hoping to conquer territory and sell off land to eager European settlers.
Its first target is the vast, resource-rich 'Northwest Territory', stretching from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River. But this is not vacant land - thousands of native people from numerous tribes call these valleys and forests home, and will fight to protect it.
As violence flares along the frontier and negotiations fail, President Washington and the US decide to take the territory by force... but they have fatally underestimated their enemy.
This is the full story of the 'Northwest Indian War' and the Battle of the Wabash... America's first military defeat.
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đź“š Thank you to Osprey Publishing for kind permission to use several of their images in this video.
You can discover more about this campaign, Native American and frontier military history in these great books:
Wabash 1791: ospreypublishing.com/uk/wabash-1791-9781849086769
Fallen Timbers 1794: ospreypublishing.com/uk/fallen-timbers-1794-9781780963754
American Woodland Indians: ospreypublishing.com/uk/american-woodland-indians-9780850459999
The United States Army 1783–1811: ospreypublishing.com/uk/united-states-army-17831811-9781841760872
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🎨 Thank you to the artists who kindly gave permission to use their artwork in this video. Visit their websites to find more great artworks of the old American frontier:
John Buxton buxtonart.com
Todd Price lordnelsons.com
Bryant White whitehistoricart.com
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In the years following independence, the newly-formed United States of America look westward for their expansion, hoping to conquer territory and sell off land to eager European settlers.
Its first target is the vast, resource-rich 'Northwest Territory', stretching from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River. But this is not vacant land - thousands of native people from numerous tribes call these valleys and forests home, and will fight to protect it.
As violence flares along the frontier and negotiations fail, President Washington and the US decide to take the territory by force... but they have fatally underestimated their enemy.
This is the full story of the 'Northwest Indian War' and the Battle of the Wabash... America's first military defeat.
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đź“š Thank you to Osprey Publishing for kind permission to use several of their images in this video.
You can discover more about this campaign, Native American and frontier military history in these great books:
Wabash 1791: ospreypublishing.com/uk/wabash-1791-9781849086769
Fallen Timbers 1794: ospreypublishing.com/uk/fallen-timbers-1794-9781780963754
American Woodland Indians: ospreypublishing.com/uk/american-woodland-indians-9780850459999
The United States Army 1783–1811: ospreypublishing.com/uk/united-states-army-17831811-9781841760872
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🎨 Thank you to the artists who kindly gave permission to use their artwork in this video. Visit their websites to find more great artworks of the old American frontier:
John Buxton buxtonart.com
Todd Price lordnelsons.com
Bryant White whitehistoricart.com
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đź‘• Buy posters, t-shirts, hoodies, mugs & stickers at our merch store:
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#EpicHistoryTV #History #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericanHistory #MilitaryHistory
