Little Turtle's War

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Native American resistance military conflict war

Little Turtle's War was a late 18th-century conflict between a confederation of Native American tribes and the United States over control of the Northwest Territory, named after the Miami war chief Little Turtle who led many of the Native forces.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Little Turtle	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American resistance ⓘ military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Miami Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Miami Confederacy War Northwest Indian War ⓘ
belligerent	Delaware Nation ⓘ surface form: Delaware tribe Kentucky militia ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape tribe Miami tribe ⓘ Ottawa tribe ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ surface form: Potawatomi tribe Shawnee Nation ⓘ surface form: Shawnee tribe United States Army ⓘ Wyandot ⓘ surface form: Wyandot tribe
cause	United States expansion into Northwest Territory ⓘ disputed control of Northwest Territory ⓘ
concludedBy	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
conflictBetween	Native American tribal confederation ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryInvolved	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effect	Native American land cessions in Northwest Territory ⓘ opening of Northwest Territory to U.S. settlement ⓘ
endTime	1795 ⓘ
followedBy	Tecumseh's War ⓘ
hasCommanderForSide	Anthony Wayne ⓘ Arthur St. Clair ⓘ Blue Jacket ⓘ Buckongahelas ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Josiah Harmar ⓘ Little Turtle ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
location	Northwest Territory ⓘ present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Indiana ⓘ present-day Michigan ⓘ Ohio ⓘ surface form: present-day Ohio present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
namedAfter	Little Turtle ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ Battle of the Wabash ⓘ Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ surface form: Harmar's Defeat Battle of the Wabash ⓘ surface form: St. Clair's Defeat
opposingForce	Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Western Confederacy of Native American tribes
partOf	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars
precededBy	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
result	United States victory ⓘ
startTime	1785 ⓘ
treatySigned	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian War → alsoKnownAs → Little Turtle's War ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → commander → Little Turtle's War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Turtle