Little Turtle on the Site's Importance
- When
- 1795
- Where
- Treaty of Greenville
- Part of
- Founding of Fort Wayne
At the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, Miami Chief Little Turtle described the site as a glorious gate through which all words of the chiefs passed.
At the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, Chief Little Turtle of the Miami Nation expressed the importance of the site, calling it "that glorious gate...through which all the words of our chiefs had to pass through from north to south and from east to west." This assessment came the year after the founding of Fort Wayne and reflects the enduring strategic significance of the location at the head of the Maumee.
Sources
- Fort Wayne, Indiana Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
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