Wehyehpiherhs/Wehyehpiherhsehnwah (Blue
Jacket): (abt.1750-1810)
Blue Jacket was a Shawnee
Nation War Chief.
In 1790 & 1791 Blue Jacket fought in the defeats of both General
Josiah Harmar's & General
Arthur St.Clair's American army. In 20 August 1794 he was apart of
the combined Native forces, brought against General
Anthony Wayne's American army, when the confederation of tribes were
defeated at Fallen
Timbers (near Toledo, Ohio), which brought him along with the other
defeated Chiefs to sign the Treaty of Greenville.
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