Chief Little Turtle - Covington, Kentucky
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BruceS
N 39° 05.498 W 084° 30.259
16S E 715840 N 4329910
Statue of Native American chief located along riverfront in Covington, Kentucky.
Waymark Code: WMFFHP
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2012
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Bronze life-sized statue of a standing Chief Little Turtle. He is dressed in traditional American Indian clothing with a feather headdress, buckskin trousers. He has a quiver over his shoulder holding six arrows, he holds a bow in his hand.
A nearby plaque is inscribed:
Chief Little Turtle
1752 - 1812
This great Miami war chief fought to protect the Indian hunting grounds of Kentucky and the villages southern Ohio from the onrush of American settlers. Little Turtle twice led a confederation of Miami, Shawnee and Delaware Indians in victory against American armies. In October 1790 he defeated an American army led by General Josiah Hamer. In November 1791 he defeated an army led by General Arthur St. Clair. Between battles, Little Turtle hunted and fished in this part of northern Kentucky.
After the Indians were defeated at Fallen Timbers in 1794, Little Turtle oined signing the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. He declared, "I am the last to sign it and will be the last to break it."
He kept his word
This sculpture made possible by: Drees Homes
Sculptor: Robert C. Koepnick
An Official Project of the Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission, 1988