The Auglaize River (

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: ''Kathinakithiipi'') is a tributary of the

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in northwestern

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in the

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. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of

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. The name of the river was derived from the French term for it. The French called it ''"rivière à la Grande Glaize"'' (later spelled as "glaise", meaning river of Great Clay), referring to the soil in the area.See, for example, French Colonial Archives, series C11A, vol. 95, f. 386v. http://data2.archives.ca/e/e035/e000869161.jpg The river rises in southeastern Allen County, approximately southeast of

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and north of Indian Lake. It flows southwest to

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, then generally north in a zigzag course, past Delphos, Fort Jennings and Oakwood. It joins the Maumee from the south at Defiance, approximately east of the mouth of the

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at . It receives the

Ottawa River The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...

from the southeast in western Putnam County, northwest of Lima. It also receives the

Blanchard River The Blanchard River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Auglaize River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. It drains a primarily rur ...

in western Putnam County. It receives the Little Auglaize River from the south in eastern

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. It receives

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from the west in northeastern Paulding County. During the days of the Ohio Country in the 18th century, the area around the river was inhabited by the

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. During the mid-1790s the area near the mouth of the Auglaize surpassed Kekionga to the west as the center of Indian influence. Fort Defiance was constructed in 1794 near the confluence of the Auglaize and the Maumee by General Mad Anthony Wayne. Fort Amanda, constructed along the river southwest of Lima in 1812, was an important American outpost during the

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According to the

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, the Auglaize River has also been known as: * Au Glaize River * Auglaise River * Cowthenake sepe * Glaize River * Grand Au Glaze River * Grand Glaise River * Grand Glaize River * Great au Glaise River * Qusquasrundee

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1831 Treaty with Ottawa

{{authority control Rivers of Auglaize County, Ohio Rivers of Ohio Rivers of Allen County, Ohio Rivers of Putnam County, Ohio Rivers of Paulding County, Ohio Rivers of Defiance County, Ohio Tributaries of Lake Erie

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