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It was a short-lived treaty as the flood of migrants came into the newly bought land grants. The Americans had not only betrayed the Indians, but they had also decided to ruin them through uncivilized violence. In Ohio, Native Americans formed a confederate to fight against the settlers since their pleas were muted by the US government. The Battle of Fallen Timbers pursued and Native Americans were forced off their land. At the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, the US army shot and killed 300 (mostly unarmed) Indians as they had wanted to take away their guns on the reservation. With each battle, more Indians have fallen and more land is taken from