Person:Little Turtle Miami (1)

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Little Turtle Miami
b.1747 Indiana, United States
d.14 Jul 1812 Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
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  1. Little Turtle Miami1747 - 1812
  2. Tah-kum-wah MiamiEst 1750 - Bet 1838 & 1870
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  • H.  Little Turtle Miami1747 - 1812
  1. Ma-kot-tah-mon-gwah _____Bef 1775 - Bef 1875
  2. Sweet_Breeze Miami - Abt 1804
  3. Wahk-shin-gah MiamiBef 1813 - Bef 1913
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Name Little Turtle Miami
Alt Name[1] Me-che-kan-hah-quah _____
Unknown[2] Mesh-e-ken-o-quoh _____
Unknown[6] Me-sge-ke-wah-quah _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1747 Indiana, United Statesa village on the Eel River
Alt Birth[12] 1751 Union, Whitley, Indiana, United States
Alt Birth[3] 1752 Indiana, United Statesnear the Eel River
Marriage to Unknown
Occupation[1] War Chief
Residence[2] Indiana, United StatesBlue Lake, Indiana
Death[1][12] 14 Jul 1812 Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
Nationality[1][3] Miami through his father
Nationality[1][3] Mohican through his mother

great grandson: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:J_Wolcott_%281%29 brother-in-law (married Little Turtle's sister) OR son-in-law (married Little Turtle's daughter) depending on which source is correct https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Wells_%28123%29 ===== a descendant https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Effie_Wolcott_%281%29 ===== a descendant https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jerry_Votra_%281%29 ===== great grandson: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Soney_%281%29

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 28 Jul 1900, Sat Page 16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 .

    The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
    07 Sep 1919, Sun, Page 10B

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 .

    Little Turtle, Chief of the Miami
    by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County (Ind.)
    Publication date 1954
    Topics Little Turtle, 1747?-1812, Miami Indians
    Publisher [Fort Wayne, Ind.] : The Library
    https://archive.org/details/littleturtlechie00publ/page/2

  4.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    neighbors Z5 page 13, 31 May 2001.

    "Ridgeville Artist Has Display in Dayton". Article mentions a status of Little Turtle and Little Turtle's descendant, Daryl Baldwin II, director of the Native American Complex Museums at Prophetstown, Indiana.

  5.   Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana)26 Aug 1966, FriPage 8.
  6. ↑ Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana)21 Jan 1916, FriPage 12.
  7.   .

    https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-36-02-0168-0002 I. Address of Little Turtle, [4 January 1802]

  8.   History of Grant County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present: with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with an extended history of the northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana
    257+265.
  9.   .

    History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests
    by Bodurtha, Arthur L. (Arthur Lawrence), b. 1865

    Publication date 1914
    Topics Miami County (Ind.) -- History, Miami County (Ind.) -- Biography
    Publisher Chicago : Lewis Pub.

  10.   .

    Little Turtle (Me-she-kin-no-quah) : the great chief of the Miami Indian nation ; being a sketch of his life together with that of Wm. Wells and some noted descendants
    by Young, Calvin M., 1851- archive.org full text

  11.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    magazine 3, 5 Aug 1928.

    When Little Turtle Staged His Slaughter

  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 .

    Huntington Herald (Huntington, Indiana)25 May 1907, SatPage section 2 page 1 = section 2 page 4

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