Show LITTLE TURTLE VS HARMAR AND ST CLAIR 0 NOR upon a time george washington flew into a towering raga news of the defeat of gen arthur st clair had just been brought to him striding up find and down in his bis office Wash washington Logton stormed to hla his secre secretary taryl my last words to him bewer of a surprise 11 1 and now he be has baa al ak a k lowed that fine army to be ba cut tt t pieces and his bis soldiers sold lera butchered 1 had hla his excellency told the unfold innate general that he ha was being abeln sent seal against the craftiest craft iest and most energetic indian leader in the country little turtle chief ol of the the result might hava been different at the close of the revolution all efforts to pacify the tribes in ohio and indiana having tailed tile the government sent an army of 1500 men under oen gem josiah harmar hannar against the conf confederation eders of Wyan dottes ottaway Ot ottaw tawas ae shawnees Delaw delaware areg and led by little turtle the next nest year washington sent st clair little turtle launched a furious attack upon the gene generals camp early one morning and forced him t to retreat the retreat became a rout for four miles the screeching savages ll 11 raged at tho the heels of the stampeded army then little turtle stopped too the pursuit we ve have killed enough of the white men let vs us now divide the lie he said next to brad docks defeat st clairs was wag the worst in the history of our indian wars he ha lost killed wounded oun ded and all of his supplies then had alad anthony wayno wayne tools took the field and offered the indians elther either peace or war little turtle counselled counseller coun selled peace we have haie beaten the enem enemy y twice but we cannot expect the same sama good fortune to attend ua u elways he ha told his warriors the americans are ara now led by black snake the chief who never sleeps something NI hirers illers to me that it would be well to listen to his bis offers of peace one of tile the chiefs accused little turtle of com cowardice ardlee tung by the undeserved cli charge arge the miami eblem maln consented to attack wayne his fears were justified for black snake defeated abern so badly at the battle of fallen timbers in 1794 that the next year they sued for peace when little turtle signed the treaty of greenville he be said 1 I am the Is last st to 0 o sign it and I 1 will be the last to br break eak t t ile he kept his word after that its b wd abd hla his people in the ways of peace it and nd rocked for their betterment little burtlo died july juia li 1812 |