TheTreaty of Wapakoneta was signed on August 8, 1831. Remnants of theShawneeNative American tribe inWapakoneta were forced to relinquish claims that they had to land in westernOhio.
In exchange, theUnited States government agreed to provide the tribe with 100,000 acres (400 km2) of land west of theMississippi River. The United States officials agreed to provide supplies and monetary payment and to construct asawmill and agristmill for the Shawnees on their newly allocated land. This agreement became known as the Treaty of Wapakoneta or theTreaty with the Shawnee.
The treaty, along with several other agreements between indigenous tribes and the United States government, marked the slow but gradual removal of native people to land west of the Mississippi River, a policy known asIndian removal.