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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Fort Harmar Treaty 1789

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Fort Harmar 1789

Hypothetical Belt Design. R.D.Hamell April 19 2022

Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Sac (Sauk); the other with the Six Nations

(except the Mohawk who did not attend). Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair.

Note St Clair on Right shown 'dropping' the treaty belt because US Congress

failed to ratify the treaty.

 

Original Size:	?
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 31.1 inches. Width: 7.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 55.1 inches.
Beads:	Polymer. Columns: 196. Rows: 15. Beads: 2,955.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew.

Description:

1789 January. The two Treaties of Fort Harmar were signed near Fort Harmar. One treaty was with representatives of the Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Sac (Sauk); the other with the Six Nations (except the Mohawk who did not attend). Territorial Governor St. Clair, the only U.S. commissioner at the treaty, signed both treaties. All other whites present were observers or interpreters. In September the former treaty was ratified by the U.S. Senate and proclaimed by President Washington, but the Senate refused to ratify the treaty with the Six Nations and it was never proclaimed. The treaties were ineffectual in bringing peace. See: Treaty of Fort Harmar (1789; Transcript: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=451).

Were treaty belts exchanged?

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