Unable to stop colonial trespasses on Native American lands, royal officials negotiated with tribes to cede more land for colonial settlement. It backfired with the 1768 Fort Stanwix Treaty.
To protect their own homeland, representatives of the Six Nations sold off a huge tract of land claimed by other tribes, including the Shawnee.
Fearful of provoking war with a powerful coalition of tribes, the British government blocked implementation of the controversial treaty–which in turn angered colonists.
