The 1811-1815 Anishinabe-American War

After the Anishinabe lost to the United States during the 1774-1794 War, the greedy whites would start requesting from the Anishinabe (both northern and southern Anishinabek) for land cessions. Once the whites were ceded land by the Anishinabe and the other Indian Nations who lived near them, they usually came back demanding more of their land. That is why the War of 1812 was fought.

The Northern Anishinabe Military Campaigns After the United States defeated the Anishinabe in the Battle of Tippecanoe, the northern Anishinabe eventually launched devastating raids on white settlers and small and large white villages, throughout the Ohio region. They also battled white soldiers on many occasions, including the battles at Frenchtown and Fort Meigs. At the Battle of Frenchtown, the Anishinabe killed up to 400 white American soldiers and that includes a great many who had surrendered to them. At the Battle of Fort Meigs, a force of over 800 American reinforcements arrived to that fort, but before enterring the fort they were ordered to destroy enemy cannons which they set off to do. They were surrounded then nearly annihilated by the Anishinabe warriors. Nearly 500 American soldiers were killed. Tecumseh supposedly aided the whites at the battle by killing an Anishinabe warrior who was going to kill one of his white enemy's. Tecumseh was a spy working for the United States. I claim that because Tecumseh's nephew Spemica Lawba was a spy working for the United States.

The Southern Anishinabe Military Campaigns Those Anishinabe who were living in the south also participated in this war. They had their black allies and Indian allies, who aided them during the war. The southern Anishinabe also launched devastating raids on white settlers and small and large white villages during the war. At an American fort they deliberately killed over 500 American settlers and soldiers. Later, the Americans killed over 900 Anishinabek who were attempting to flee from one of their fortifications. After the war the Anishinabe (both northern and southern) accepted defeat. Many of the southern Anishinabek fled to Florida with their black allies and Indian allies, only to be followed by the whites. A short war followed which is referred to as the First Seminole War. The United States won and granted the Anishinabe and their allies a large Reservation in Florida, but only a few years later they stabbed them in the back, which ignited the Second Seminole War. The Americans won that war and forced a great many of the Anishinabek and their black and Indian allies, to relocate to Indian Territory. Many, however, fled deep into the everglades and to the Bahamas. There was a third short Seminole War, which forced most of the remaining Anishinabek, their black and Indian allies, to relocate to Indian Territory or flee to the Bahamas. A few managed to stay in the Florida everglades, but they have been forced to lose their tribal identity.