The Greatest Native American Victory in US History

TL;DR

In 1791, a Native American alliance led by Little Turtle and Blue Jacket massacred 1,000 U.S. soldiers at the Wabash River, the greatest Native victory over Americans.

Key Points

• 1.The Battle of the Wabash in 1791 remains the greatest Native American military victory against the U.S. A tribal alliance led by Little Turtle of the Miami and Blue Jacket of the Shawnee annihilated a force of 1,000 U.S. soldiers, a defeat unmatched by any single Native engagement.
• 2.Tecumseh's early military career was shaped by raids and personal loss. In 1792, Tecumseh and his brother Chisika led 300 warriors against Buchanan Station, Tennessee, where only 20 frontiersmen held them off and Chisika was killed through a porthole, leaving Tecumseh to build his own war band.
• 3.The Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 ended Native resistance in the Northwest, largely due to British betrayal. A 1,300-strong Native and Canadian militia force was overwhelmed by 2,000 Americans, then refused refuge in British Fort Miami; the resulting Treaty of Greenville ceded Ohio, which Tecumseh refused to sign.