Little Turtle: Address of Little Turtle

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https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844179.book-part-033

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Little Turtle, also called Chief Michikinikwa or Meshikinoquak, was a leader of the Miami Nation who rallied several tribes and defeated the Federalist troops in the Northwest Indian Wars (1785–1795). This address was delivered on January 4, 1802, and directed to President Thomas Jefferson and the Great Council of the Sixteen Fires—a reference to Congress, representing the sixteen U.S. states that existed at the time.

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