By 1765 the Delaware were in Ohio. In 1768, the Iroquois at Fort Stanwix, Ohio ceded Ohio and Kentucky to the British. This started fighting between the Connecticut and Pennsylvania militias over the land. The Shawnee tried to create an alliance of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley tribes, ...
The historic Native American tribes in the area at the time of European encounter spoke different languages of the Algonquian family. They included the Shawnee, Miami, and Illini. Refugee tribes from eastern regions, including the Delaware who settled in the White and Whitewater River Valleys, late...