Ohio Indian Leaders
Black Hoof
Blue Jacket
Detail from "The Signing of the Treaty of Green Ville" [»]
Brant, Joseph
Chief Logan
Photographic reproduction of a print depicting James Logan (1725-1780), a chief of the Mingo tribe. Logan initially encouraged his people not to attack whites who settled in the Ohio country. After family members were killed by settlers in 1774, he wanted to avenge their deaths and began raiding villages in what is now western Pennsylvania. While his allies the Shawnee attempted to make peace with the settlers, Logan continued to fight until his death around 1780. [»]
Little Turtle
Reproduction of a portrait of Little Turtle, also known as Mich-I-kin-I-Qua, a war chief of the Miami Tribe, ca. 1790-1812. Little Turtle and Shawnee chief Tecumseh led the Miami and Shawnee people to resist white settlers in the western part of Ohio. They successfully defeated United States soldiers led by Josiah Harmar in October 1790 and soldiers led by Arthur St. Clair in 1791. An attack on Fort Recovery failed in 1794 and Little Turtle wanted to negotiate with the settlers. Other chiefs wanted to continue fighting. The Native Americans lost at the Battle of Fallen Timbers and in 1795 they signed the Treaty of Greene Ville ceding most of Ohio to the settlers. [»]
Little Turtle
Portrait of LittleTurtle, also known as Mich-I-kin-I-Qua, a war chief of the Miami Tribe, ca. 1790-1812. Little Turtle and Shawnee chief Tecumseh led the Miami and Shawnee people to resist white settlers in the western part of Ohio. They successfully defeated United States soldiers led by Josiah Harmar in October 1790 and soldiers led by Arthur St. Clair in 1791. An attack on Fort Recovery failed in 1794 and Little Turtle wanted to negotiate with the settlers. Other chiefs wanted to continue fighting. The Native Americans lost at the Battle of Fallen Timbers and in 1795 they signed the Treaty of Greenville ceding most of Ohio to the settlers. [»]
Pontiac
Reproduction of an illustration depicting Pontiac, an Ottawa chief. [»]
Prophet
Tarhe
Tecumseh
Tecumseh full-length portrait
Full-length portrait of Tecumseh, drawn by F. Brigden, ca. 1790-1799. Tecumseh worked with his brother Tenskwatawa, known as 'The Prophet,' to unite Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory to defend themselves against white settlers. [»]
