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casualties. Many French soldiers were heard begging to surrender while they were scalped alive. Several French officers were taken alive, three of whom were burnt at the stake, one of whom had his hands and feet cut off before being killed by having his face struck with a tomahawk, and four of whom were let go as a warning to the rest of the French. When French forces allied to the
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camp and its provisions. All the horses were killed, wounded, or driven off; only 23 were later recovered. Adair considered the battle to be a "triumph" for Little Turtle; James
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President Washington, the pistols from Kosciusko, and other artifacts- were distributed to collectors and later gathered for public display. The objects were placed in the collection of the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, and were eventually displayed at the
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along with instructions to use them on "the first man who ever comes to subjugate you." In 1797–98, during a second trip east, Little Turtle met with President
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2158:Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly
2122:
2120:
2034:
1929:
1927:
1896:
1894:
1892:
1858:
1856:
1638:
1636:
1634:
1632:
1630:
1526:, and a narrow strip of land in present-day
641:, who presented him with a matching pair of
474:), headed toward the Maumee-Wabash portage.
3789:Native Americans in the American Revolution
3451:Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands
2329:Allen County Public Library Digital Library
2236:
2234:
2142:
1917:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
1900:
1877:
1833:
1831:
1661:
1532:Jervis Cutler and Charles Le Raye (1971) .
1313:
1311:
1236:
1132:
553:
216:, the phonetic spelling of his name in the
212:Little Turtle is an English translation of
3074:
3060:
1530:that was northwest of Fort Recovery. See:
1115:
1113:
602:Silhouette of Little Turtle by Robert Wyer
586:, American music, and a three-gun salute.
42:
3584:Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
2737:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
2634:
2626:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
2559:. New York: Arnot Press. pp. 53–54.
2117:
1924:
1889:
1853:
1627:
1536:. New York: Arnot Press. pp. 53–54.
397:of 1787, the U.S. government established
2495:
2231:
2222:
1936:
1828:
1790:
1788:
1786:
1784:
1782:
1780:
1385:History of Old Vincennes and Knox County
1308:
1015:A street named "Little Turtle Court" in
597:
487:
271:
3599:Shawnee Woodland Native American Museum
2666:Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
2346:
2218:
2216:
1556:
1248:
1187:
1185:
1183:
1181:
1110:
14:
3756:
2915:
2877:
2856:Encyclopedia of North American Indians
2813:
2522:
2472:
2314:Gugin and St. Clair, eds., pp. 234–35.
2076:
2070:
1381:
1325:
1323:
817:
692:alcohol in Native American communities
366:
3113:Native Americans in the United States
3055:
2936:
2859:. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp.
2500:. New York: Oxford University Press.
2498:The Indian World of George Washington
2279:Young, pp. 140–42. See also: Rafert,
1777:
1490:in 1800 and what became the state of
970:Indiana sites named for Little Turtle
477:
428:, also called "Little Turtle's War".
326:, in October 1780 La Balme plundered
3804:Native American temperance activists
2919:Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees
2544:Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics
2317:
2213:
1665:Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees
1178:
1168:Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics
1003:Ohio sites named after Little Turtle
314:, led by French military adventurer
295:
176:, who became one of the most famous
52:that was destroyed when the British
3814:Native American people from Indiana
3774:Indiana in the Northwest Indian War
3738:Native American place names in Ohio
2587:Eid, Leroy V., "Little Turtle". In
1498:, all of the present-day states of
1399:
1320:
1034:Turtlecreek Township, Warren County
781:
228:Early life and physical description
24:
2797:Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana
2780:"Little Turtle (1752 – July 1812)"
1794:Gugin and St. Clair, eds., p. 234.
1584:Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana
1331:"Little Turtle (1752 – July 1812)"
492:Native towns at the Glaize in 1792
280:Little Turtle was selected as the
25:
3830:
3021:
2998:"The Birthplace of Little Turtle"
2853:Hoxie, Frederick E., ed. (1996).
2658:
2154:"The Birthplace of Little Turtle"
809:Fort Wayne Old City Hall Building
3472:Prehistoric communities or sites
3083:
2681:Greve, Charles Theodore (1904).
2645:"The Golf Club at Little Turtle"
2403:"The Golf Club at Little Turtle"
1388:. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
830:
204:against Native American forces.
3028:Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor
2958:Indiana: A New Historical Guide
2416:
2395:
2371:
2358:Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation
2308:
2295:
2286:
2273:
2243:Indiana: A New Historical Guide
2196:Charles Theodore Greve (1904).
2189:
2176:
2129:
2104:
2093:from the original on 2018-07-25
2055:
2046:
1958:
1949:
1840:
1819:
1810:
1797:
1764:
1755:
1746:
1691:
1654:
1645:
1618:
1609:
1600:
1575:
1550:
1476:
1467:
1454:
1445:
1436:
1426:
1417:
1408:
1363:
1345:
1282:
931:Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation
528:Between 1792 and 1794, General
322:and a similar number along the
2976:"Turtlecreek Township History"
2443:"Turtlecreek Township History"
1273:
1210:
1159:
1126:
1077:
1040:
950:CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE 1752-1812
937:
698:and members of the US Senate:
593:
267:
13:
1:
3819:18th-century Native Americans
3809:American temperance activists
2637:Sketchbook of Indiana History
2523:Cayton, Andrew R. L. (1996).
2473:Carter, Harvey Lewis (1987).
2466:
2440:(Archived version) See also:
2225:Sketchbook of Indiana History
2077:Martin, Jill (January 2003).
165:
3569:Fort Ancient (Lebanon, Ohio)
3484:Archaeological sites in Ohio
2303:The Miami Indians of Indiana
2281:The Miami Indians of Indiana
2112:The Miami Indians of Indiana
1944:The Miami Indians of Indiana
1848:The Miami Indians of Indiana
1805:The Miami Indians of Indiana
1772:The Miami Indians of Indiana
1518:and the western half of the
1290:Andrew R. L. Cayton (1996).
1121:The Miami Indians of Indiana
1084:Harvey Lewis Carter (1987).
989:Little Turtle Branch of the
975:Camp Chief Little Turtle (a
846:Municipal Park and Gravesite
168:1747 — July 14, 1812) was a
7:
3589:Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum
3291:Two Mile Square Reservation
3286:Nawash-Kinjoano Reservation
3037:Congressional Record––House
2591:American National Biography
2333:Allen County Public Library
1506:, fragments of present-day
1220:American National Biography
991:Allen County Public Library
724:Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
625:. On this trip he also met
621:, who presented him with a
534:Legion of the United States
500:near the headwaters of the
288:division of the Myaamiaki (
10:
3835:
3564:Flint Ridge State Memorial
3296:Upper Sandusky Reservation
2795:Madison, James H. (2014).
2496:Calloway, Colin G (2018).
2379:"Camp Chief Little Turtle"
908:0.13 acres (0.05 ha)
736:Jean Baptiste Richardville
481:
370:
308:American Revolutionary War
299:
3730:
3617:
3556:
3519:
3471:
3419:
3383:
3312:
3266:
3248:
3123:
3094:
2996:Young, Calvin M. (1914).
2814:Magnin, Frédéric (2005).
1582:James H. Madison (2014).
927:
912:
904:
865:
850:
842:
838:
829:
824:
709:Indian Nonintercourse Act
262:
145:
131:
121:
116:
103:
82:
77:
73:
65:
61:
41:
32:
3685:Battle of Fallen Timbers
3661:Treaty of Camp Charlotte
3574:Fort Hill State Memorial
3276:Blanchard's Fork Reserve
3089:Native Americans in Ohio
2878:Rafert, Stewart (1996).
2354:"Little Turtle Memorial"
2184:Miami Indians of Indiana
2152:Calvin M. Young (1914).
2137:Miami Indians of Indiana
1920:. New York: D. Appleton.
1070:
560:Battle of Fallen Timbers
554:Battle of Fallen Timbers
451:joined the confederacy.
406:Northwestern Confederacy
3784:Native American leaders
3743:Indian removals in Ohio
3604:SunWatch Indian Village
3594:New Indian Ridge Museum
3543:Thunderbird (mythology)
3304:Indian removals in Ohio
2081:Great Plains Quarterly,
1382:Greene, George (1911).
1255:Stewart Rafert (1996).
998:( plaza in Logansport )
801:Battle of Fort Dearborn
539:attack on Fort Recovery
377:Under the terms of the
349:Whitley County, Indiana
324:Kaskaskia–Cahokia Trail
246:Whitley County, Indiana
218:Miami-Illinois language
207:
159:
96:Whitley County, Indiana
54:burned Washington, D.C.
3679:Siege of Fort Recovery
3281:Moravian Indian Grants
2818:. Paris: L'Harmattan.
2774:on September 13, 2015.
2087:Great Plains Quarterly
1561:. New York: Springer.
1510:that were east of the
1359:on September 13, 2015.
996:Little Turtle Waterway
979:camping facility near
967:
889:41.09139°N 85.132306°W
825:Little Turtle Memorial
756:Tecumseh's Confederacy
716:William Henry Harrison
705:
603:
498:routed the U.S. forces
493:
466:was moving north from
391:Land Ordinance of 1784
379:Treaty of Paris (1783)
345:Columbia City, Indiana
277:
3655:Yellow Creek massacre
2937:Sword, Wiley (1985).
2916:Sugden, John (2000).
2659:Goltz, Herbert C. W.
2062:Library of Congress,
1911:"Little Turtle"
948:
700:
601:
491:
383:Appalachian Mountains
275:
190:Northwest Indian Wars
140:Northwest Indian Wars
3721:Treaty of St. Mary's
3715:Treaty of Fort Meigs
3709:Treaty of Brownstown
3697:Treaty of Grouseland
3691:Treaty of Greenville
3667:Northwest Indian War
3637:Raid on Pickawillany
3609:Zane Shawnee Caverns
3538:Petroglyphs in Ohio
3494:Petroglyphs in Ohio
3439:Glacial Kame culture
3420:Prehistoric cultures
3384:Historic communities
3258:Algonquian languages
2982:on November 16, 2010
2902:Ohio History Central
2898:"St. Clair's Defeat"
2838:Ohio History Central
2449:on November 16, 2010
2360:. City of Fort Wayne
2126:Madison, pp. 39, 43.
1721:Ohio History Central
1717:"St. Clair's Defeat"
1703:Ohio History Central
1662:John Sugden (2000).
1606:Madison, pp. 27, 29.
1514:, nearly all of the
1133:Wiley Sword (1985).
894:41.09139; -85.132306
776:Battle of the Thames
748:Battle of Tippecanoe
575:Treaty of Greenville
426:Northwest Indian War
373:Northwest Indian War
316:Augustin de La Balme
3456:Monongahela culture
3406:Muskingum (village)
3268:Former reservations
3240:Western Confederacy
3105:Northwest Territory
2043:Madison, pp. 36–37.
2022:. December 21, 1808
2020:Library of Congress
1999:. December 21, 1808
1997:Library of Congress
1976:. December 21, 1808
1974:Library of Congress
1615:Cayton, pp. 149–54.
1451:Cayton, pp. 147–48.
1405:Hogeland, pp. 88-89
1245:Cayton, pp. 145–46.
885: /
818:Honors and tributes
763:Siege of Fort Wayne
441:American Revolution
399:Northwest Territory
395:Northwest Ordinance
367:Little Turtle's War
250:Churubusco, Indiana
182:Northwest Territory
110:Fort Wayne, Indiana
3799:Burials in Indiana
3673:St. Clair's defeat
3649:Lord Dunmore's War
3548:Underwater panther
3464:(Late Prehistoric)
3462:Whittlesey culture
3435:(Late Prehistoric)
3396:Lenape settlements
3097:Prehistory of Ohio
2992:(Archived version)
2763:(Archived version)
2753:on August 28, 2008
2730:has generic name (
2619:has generic name (
2459:(Archived version)
2430:on August 28, 2008
1279:Carter, pp. 45–47.
854:634 Lawton Place,
718:, governor of the
639:Tadeusz Kościuszko
604:
494:
484:St. Clair's defeat
478:St. Clair's defeat
320:Vincennes, Indiana
278:
194:St. Clair's defeat
3751:
3750:
3703:Treaty of Detroit
3447:(Middle Woodland)
3401:Lower Shawneetown
3047:National Archives
2967:978-0-87195-048-2
2948:978-0-8061-2488-9
2929:978-0-8032-4288-3
2889:978-0-87195-111-3
2870:978-0-395-66921-1
2825:978-2-7475-9080-8
2806:978-0-253-01308-8
2711:978-0-87195-387-2
2600:978-0-19-512792-8
2566:978-0-405-02839-7
2534:978-0-253-33048-2
2488:978-0-252-01318-8
2252:978-0-87195-048-2
2227:. pp. 15–16.
1679:978-0-8032-4288-3
1593:978-0-253-01308-8
1568:978-1-4614-1065-2
1543:978-0-405-02839-7
1512:Mississippi River
1488:Indiana Territory
1301:978-0-253-33048-2
1266:978-0-87195-111-3
1229:978-0-19-512792-8
1203:978-0-87195-387-2
1152:978-0-8061-2488-9
1103:978-0-252-01318-8
935:
934:
742:and his brother,
720:Indiana Territory
619:George Washington
615:George Washington
387:Mississippi River
312:American patriots
302:La Balme's Defeat
296:La Balme's Defeat
286:Atchatchakangouen
149:
148:
136:La Balme's Defeat
88:Miami territory,
66:War chief of the
16:(Redirected from
3826:
3429:(Early Woodland)
3313:Historic figures
3088:
3087:
3076:
3069:
3062:
3053:
3052:
3017:
3015:
3013:
2991:
2989:
2987:
2978:. Archived from
2971:
2952:
2933:
2912:
2910:
2908:
2893:
2874:
2848:
2846:
2844:
2829:
2810:
2791:
2789:
2787:
2775:
2762:
2760:
2758:
2749:. Archived from
2742:
2735:
2729:
2725:
2723:
2715:
2696:
2694:
2692:
2677:
2675:
2673:
2655:
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2631:
2624:
2618:
2614:
2612:
2604:
2584:
2578:
2570:
2551:
2538:
2525:Frontier Indiana
2519:
2492:
2480:
2460:
2458:
2456:
2454:
2445:. Archived from
2439:
2437:
2435:
2426:. Archived from
2420:
2414:
2413:
2411:
2409:
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2393:
2392:
2390:
2389:
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2256:
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2193:
2187:
2180:
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2171:
2169:
2149:
2140:
2139:, pp. 48. 71-72.
2133:
2127:
2124:
2115:
2108:
2102:
2101:
2099:
2098:
2074:
2068:
2059:
2053:
2050:
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2031:
2029:
2027:
2008:
2006:
2004:
1985:
1983:
1981:
1962:
1956:
1953:
1947:
1940:
1934:
1931:
1922:
1921:
1913:
1898:
1887:
1884:
1875:
1872:
1863:
1860:
1851:
1844:
1838:
1835:
1826:
1823:
1817:
1814:
1808:
1801:
1795:
1792:
1775:
1768:
1762:
1759:
1753:
1750:
1744:
1741:
1732:
1731:
1729:
1727:
1713:
1711:
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1695:
1689:
1683:
1658:
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1625:
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1613:
1607:
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1292:Frontier Indiana
1286:
1280:
1277:
1271:
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1252:
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1234:
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1214:
1208:
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1163:
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928:Operated by
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895:
890:
886:
883:
882:
881:
878:
834:
822:
821:
782:Death and legacy
696:Thomas Jefferson
681:Washington, D.C.
654:Thomas Jefferson
623:ceremonial sword
472:Cincinnati, Ohio
464:Arthur St. Clair
198:Arthur St. Clair
167:
117:Military service
99:
98:, United States)
90:Illinois Country
78:Personal details
46:
30:
29:
21:
3834:
3833:
3829:
3828:
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3825:
3824:
3823:
3754:
3753:
3752:
3747:
3726:
3613:
3552:
3515:
3511:Wilderness Road
3467:
3458:(Late Woodland)
3415:
3391:Hell Town, Ohio
3379:
3308:
3262:
3244:
3125:Historic tribes
3119:
3101:History of Ohio
3090:
3082:
3080:
3024:
3011:
3009:
2985:
2983:
2974:
2968:
2949:
2930:
2906:
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2896:
2890:
2871:
2842:
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2832:
2826:
2807:
2785:
2783:
2778:
2768:"Little Turtle"
2766:
2756:
2754:
2745:
2736:
2727:
2726:
2717:
2716:
2712:
2690:
2688:
2671:
2669:
2661:"Michikinakoua"
2649:
2647:
2643:
2635:Funk, Arville.
2625:
2616:
2615:
2606:
2605:
2601:
2572:
2571:
2567:
2535:
2508:
2489:
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2292:Sword, p. 335-6
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2287:
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2167:
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2130:
2125:
2118:
2109:
2105:
2096:
2094:
2075:
2071:
2060:
2056:
2052:Cayton, p. 204.
2051:
2047:
2042:
2035:
2025:
2023:
2010:
2002:
2000:
1987:
1979:
1977:
1964:
1963:
1959:
1954:
1950:
1941:
1937:
1933:Cayton, p. 166.
1932:
1925:
1908:, eds. (1892).
1899:
1890:
1885:
1878:
1874:Madison, p. 36.
1873:
1866:
1862:Madison, p. 30.
1861:
1854:
1845:
1841:
1836:
1829:
1825:Cayton, p. 163.
1824:
1820:
1816:Madison, p. 37.
1815:
1811:
1802:
1798:
1793:
1778:
1769:
1765:
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1692:
1680:
1659:
1655:
1650:
1646:
1642:Madison, p. 29.
1641:
1628:
1624:Cayton, p. 158.
1623:
1619:
1614:
1610:
1605:
1601:
1594:
1580:
1576:
1569:
1555:
1551:
1544:
1522:of present-day
1520:Lower Peninsula
1516:Upper Peninsula
1481:
1477:
1473:Cayton, p. 160.
1472:
1468:
1459:
1455:
1450:
1446:
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1437:
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1422:
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1391:
1389:
1380:
1373:
1368:
1364:
1353:"Little Turtle"
1351:
1350:
1346:
1336:
1334:
1329:
1328:
1321:
1316:
1309:
1302:
1287:
1283:
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1179:
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884:
879:
876:
874:
872:
871:
820:
784:
627:Comte de Volney
596:
556:
486:
480:
468:Fort Washington
460:James Wilkinson
375:
369:
304:
298:
270:
265:
230:
214:mihšihkinaahkwa
210:
178:Native American
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282:war chief
254:Eel River
202:U.S. Army
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