Little Turtle was a Miami Indian born near Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 
1752. After the American Revolution, British fur traders secretly 
incited the Indians to wage war against the invading settlers 
throughout the territory just east of the Missouri River. In two of 
these outbreaks, Little Turtle led his tribes to victory, first against 
General Josiah Harmar in 1790 and then against General Arthur St. 
Clair in 1791. In 1794, however, convinced that his people were not 
sufficiently equipped to withstand the increased forces of General 
"Mad" Anthony Wayne, he advised peace. The tribes refused to hear  
of it and suffered a crushing defeat at the battle of Fallen Timbers. 
The following year Little Turtle was compelled to sign the Treaty of 
Greenville, one of several land-ceding treaties forced on the Indian 
tribes of that area in the 1790s.