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Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River.

Historical image related to Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River. from July 20, 1831

Seneca people

Federally-recognized Iroquois Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands

The Seneca are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League (Haudenosaunee) in New York before the…
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Shawnee

Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands

The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language.
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Ohio

U.S. state

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the…
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Mississippi River

Major river in the United States

The Mississippi River is the primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 mi…
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July 20

Day of the year

July 20 is the 201st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 164 days remain until the end of the year.
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