Historedia
Person

Little Turtle

Events
3
Episodes
9
Years
1794–1795

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Little Turtle, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Fallen Timbers

    1794

    Role: Miami leader who warned against fighting Wayne

    1. 11–18 August 1794 · Defensive position near present-day ToledoNative Dispositions and Intelligence Exchanges

      Blue Jacket positioned about 1,500 confederated warriors among storm-felled trees; both sides gathered intelligence in mid-August.

    2. 17–19 August 1794 · Maumee River corridor en route to Fort MiamiWayne's Advance and Fortified Camps

      Wayne marched north from Fort Recovery with Kentucky militia, building forts including Fort Deposit as a baggage camp before battle.

    3. 20 August 1794 · Tornado-felled timber near the Maumee RiverThe Battle of Fallen Timbers

      On 20 August 1794 Wayne's Legion and Kentucky militia defeated the confederated Native force in a battle lasting little more than one hour.

    4. undated (1794 campaign) · Fort MiamiFort Miami Spared

      Wayne determined he could not take Fort Miami by force, lacking adequate howitzers and provisions for a siege.

  2. Founding of Fort Wayne

    1794–1795

    Role: Chief of the Miami Nation who commented on the site's importance at the 1795 Treaty of Greenville

    1. 1794 · Fort Wayne, near the Miami village of Kekionga, in what is now northeastern IndianaFounding of Fort Wayne

      The United States Army under General Anthony Wayne built Fort Wayne in 1794 near the Miami village of Kekionga, the last in a series of forts there.

    2. 20 August 1794 · near modern-day Toledo, OhioBattle of Fallen Timbers

      Anthony Wayne led a third expedition and defeated the confederacy's warriors near modern-day Toledo, Ohio, on August 20, 1794.

    3. 1795 · Treaty of GreenvilleLittle Turtle on the Site's Importance

      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.

  3. Treaty of Greenville (1814) between the United States and Native American tribes

    1795

    Role: Native American Leader

    1. August 3, 1795 · Fort GreenvilleSigning of the Treaty of Greenville

      The Treaty of Greenville was signed at Fort Greenville, Ohio, on August 3, 1795, following the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

    2. December 22, 1795 · PhiladelphiaRatification in Philadelphia

      The treaty was signed in Philadelphia by President George Washington and ratified by the Senate on December 22, 1795.

Sources

  1. Battle of Fallen Timbers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
  2. Fort Wayne, Indiana Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
  3. Treaty of Greenville Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18