The Treaty of the Delawares gave the United States permission to travel through the Delaware territory and called for the Delawares to afford American troops whatever aid they might require in their war against Great Britain, including the use of their own warriors. The United States was planning to attack the British fort at Detroit, and Lenape friendship was essential for success.
Treaty With the Six Nations : 1784.
Following the American Revolution, the Confederation Congress needed money. The Articles of Confederation did not permit the federal government to easily tax its citizens. To raise funds to operate the government, the Confederation Congress hoped to sell land in the Ohio Country to United States citizens. Government officials realized that American Indians controlled the land. Before any sales could take place, the United States would have to convince (or coerce) the American Indians to give up their claims to the land.
The first step in this process was the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). In this treaty, the Six Nations of the Iroquois agreed to relinquish all claims to the Ohio Country. The Six Nations included the Tuscaroras, the Mohawk, the Onondaga, the Oneida, the Seneca, and the Cayuga. Few of these groups actually lived in the Ohio Country, although they all did claim land there.
On January 9, 1789, a new treaty, the Treaty with the Six Nations was signed. This new agreement reaffirmed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784).
