The New Student's Reference Work/Little Turtle

Little Tur′tle, a Miami chief, noted for shrewdness and bravery. He commanded in the battle in which General Harmar was defeated on the Miami, Oct. 22, 1790, and was also in that in which General St. Clair was defeated at St. Mary's, Nov. 4, 1791. He was present, but not in command, at the battle of Fallen Timbers, Aug. 20, 1794, when the Indians were defeated by General Wayne. A year later Little Turtle was one of the chiefs who signed the treaty of Greenville, which opened a large tract of Ohio to settlement. He is said to have had some schooling in Canada. He visited Washington at Philadelphia in 1797, and was given a fine pair of pistols by Kosciusko. He died at Fort Wayne, Ind., July 14, 1812.