Show TURTLE VS HARMAR HARMAK f AND ST CLAIR 0 upon a time george washington flow flew into a towering rage news lot bf the defeat of gen arthur st clair had just been brought to him striding up anil and down in ili ills hla office washington stormed to ills his secretary lly inet flat words to him weri wen beware of a surprise sur 1 and now lie lias has allowed that fine army to be ba cut to pieces and his soldiers butche butchered redi 1 had its ills excellency told the unfortunate general that he was being sent uga inist tile the craftiest craft crun iest test nud and most energetic indian lender leader in the country little turtle chief of the tho the result might have heon different at the close of the revolution nil all efforts to pacify the tribes in ohio and indiana having failed the government seat bent in an army of 1500 men under gen josiah against the confederation ern of Alla ints Ot ottaway tawas shawnees Dela Delaw area wares and Chipp chippeway ewas led by little turtle tile the next year washington sent st at clair little turtle l lynched it furious attack upon the camp early one morning and forced ailin to retreat re the retreat became a rout for four miles the screeching savages raged tit nt the heels of tho the stampeded army then little turtle stol stopped ped the pursuit ve have killed enough of 0 the white nion men lot let us its now divide the s polls tie he said next nem to brad docks defeat st clairs ins ns the worst in tile history of our findlan wars ile he lost ci killed wounded and nil all of tits his supplies then 1 mad alad anthony wayne took the field and offered the indians either pento pence or war little turtle counselled counseller coun selled pence we have beaten tile el enemy leilly twice but we cannot expect the same good fortune to attend us ua always lie told till his warriors tile tire now led fell by klack snake tile the chief who never nt vcr sleeps something whispers to me that it would be well to listen to ills his offers i of pence peace one of if tile chiefs accused little turtle of co wardlee tung fly by the undeserved charge tile the miami chieftain consented to to attack wavine ills his tears fears were Jus justified tilleI for black snake to de dented them so badly tit at the battle of pallen timbers in 1701 1791 that tho the next year they sued for pence peace when little turtle signed 81 the treaty of greenville he said i 1 nm nin the last aslan agn it 4 and I 1 will be the last to break V t ile he kept tits his word after that ho he corked ld d ill his people in the wa ways yo of pence peace anti and worked for their betterment little turtle died july 14 1812 |