Little Turtle was a Sagamore of the Miami people, who became one of the most famous Native American military leaders. Historian Wiley Sword calls him "perhaps the most capable Indian leader then in th
Lithograph of Little Turtle, reputedly based upon a lost portrait by Gilbert Stuart that was destroyed when the British burned Washington, D.C., in 1813.
Little Turtle Memorial Plaque
Little Turtle, from U.S. Army Military History Institute
Silhouette of Little Turtle by Robert Wyer
The Northwest Indian War was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory between the United States and a loose confederation of Native American peoples who called themselves the United In
Little Turtle
…prelude to the War of 1812. In the 1790s, Mihšihkinaahkwa led a confederation of native warriors to several major victories against U.S. forces in the Northwest Indian Wars, sometimes called "Little Turtle's War", particularly St. Clair's defeat in 1791, wherein the confederation defeated General Arthur St. Clair, who lost…
This depiction of the Treaty of Greenville negotiations may have been painted by one of Anthony Wayne's officers.
1895 illustration of St. Clair's defeat
The Great Indian Council, 1793 (Lewis Foy), depicts the conference near Amherstburg. Seated on chairs from right to left are U.S. commissioners Pickering, Lincoln, and Randolph. The British officer in red may be McKee or Elliot, the Native orator may be Carry-One-About.
The Legion of the United States at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794