Ewing, George Washington, 1803-1866
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Ewing, George Washington, 1804-1866.
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Businessman and land speculator.
Merchant, Indian trader, real estate speculator, and government lobbyist.
Born on the Raisin River near Detroit in 1803, George Washington Ewing was raised on the frontier in Piqua, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father established a large fur trading operation with the Shawnees. In 1827, Ewing and his older brother, William G. Ewing, founded W.G. and G.W. Ewing, a trading firm that by the 1840's was second only to P. Chouteau, Jr. and Co., and that specialized in providing merchandise in exchange for annuities received by tribes for sale of their lands to the U.S. government. A powerful and effective advocate of the firm's interests in Washington, Ewing played a major role in the making of federal Indian policy during the 1840's and 1850's.
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Indian land transfers
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indian traders
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Potawatomi Indians
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