Boundary Hill

Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana

 Subject:                           Boundary Hill

Erected by:                     Twin Forks Chapter N.S.D.A.R. 1955

Located:                         U.S. 52, between Brookville and Metamora

Text:                                       This is the point on the line established by the Treaty of Greenville, August 8, 1795                                                between General Anthony Wayne and the Indian Tribes of the Northwest Territory.   

                                               This Treaty opened southern Ohio and Eastern Indiana to white settlement.

Portion of text of the Treaty of Greenville: 

                                       "A treaty of peace between the United States of

                                       America, and the tribes of Indians called the

Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas,

Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel Rivers,

Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias.

To put an end to a destructive war, to settle all

controversies, and to restore harmony and friendly

intercourse between the said United States and

Indian tribes, Anthony Wayne, major general

commanding the army of the United States, and

sole commissioner for the good purposes above

mentioned, and the said tribes of Indians, by their

sachems, chiefs, and warriors, met together at

Greenville, the head quarters of the said army,

have agreed on the following articles, which, when

ratified by the President, with the advice and

consent of the Senate of the United States, shall be

binding on them and the said Indian tribes."