Little Turtle (Me-she-kin-o-quah)

1752 - 1812

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Little Turtle (Me-she-kin-o-quah)

1752 - 1812

Little Turtle, a war chief of the Miami People, was born near

present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1790 to 1794, he lived in a

Miami village three miles west ...