Little Turtle
Little Turtle (Miami-Illinois: Mihšihkinaahkwa) was a Sagamore (chief) of the Miami people. He was a very famous Native American military leader. He was important in the fights over the Northwest Territory. He was a key leader in the Northwest Indian Wars. Little Turtle made same important victories against the United States. These are sometimes called "Little Turtle's War". A famous victory was St. Clair’s defeat. Mihšihkinaahkwa and natives lost against the United States in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. He signed the Treaty of Greenville. In this treaty, he and other chiefs gave up Native lands to the United States. Afterwards, he told other Natives to keep peace. He stopped the Miami people from joining the Shawnee and Tecumseh. He became famous among American whites and even visited George Washington.[2][3][4]
Little Turtle Mihšihkinaahkwa | |
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 Lithograph of Little Turtle, reputedly based upon a lost portrait by Gilbert Stuart that was destroyed when the British burned Washington, D.C., in 1814.[1] | |
| War chief of the Miami people | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1747/1752 Miami territory, Illinois Country (modern Whitley County, Indiana, United States) |
| Died | July 14, 1812 Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Miami people |
| Battles/wars | Northwest Indian Wars |
There is a special burial site for Little Turtle at Fort Wayne, Indiana.[5]
References
change- ↑ Harvey Lewis Carter (1987). The Life and Times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the Wabash. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-252-01318-8.
- ↑ "Little Turtle | Miami chief | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Michikinikwa - Ohio History Central". ohiohistorycentral.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Little Turtle". www.supremecourt.ohio.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ Director, Executive (2015-02-19). "Chief Little Turtle Grave Monument". ARCH. Retrieved 2022-08-04.