Born in 1752 two miles northwest of Churubusco, Chief Little Turtle became a remarkable warrior, accomplished orator, and wise Miami leader. During the 1780s he led attacks against settlers and outposts in Ohio and Kentucky that were encroaching on his people's homeland. On Nov. 5, 1780, near the Eel River five miles southwest of Churubusco, Miami warriors under his command killed Augustin de La Balme and thirty French soldiers and frontiersmen in retribution for the plundering of a Miami village near present-day Fort Wayne. On Oct. 19, 1790, on the Eel River two miles southeast of Churubusco, he and one hundred fifty warriors defeated U.S. Colonel Hardin's force of three hundred militia and regulars, killing one hundred one soldiers. On Oct. 22, 1790, forces under U.S. General Harmar sent against an Indian village near the origin of the Maumee River were annihilated by his warriors, with one hundred eighty-three killed. On Nov. 4, 1791, near Fort Recovery, Ohio, he led the Indian confederacy in what is called the greatest Indian victory over the U.S. Army, killing six hundred fifty-six of General St. Clair's soldiers, wounding two hundred seventy-nine more, and also killing one hundred civilians. In 1795, realizing that his confederacy could not defeat General Anthony Wayne's U.S. Army and the large influx of settlers moving into Indiana and the Midwest, he reluctantly signed the Treaty of Greenville, saying, "I will be the last to sign it and the last to break it." He then worked as a peacemaker and ambassador for his people, traveling as far as Montreal, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, and his stature brought meetings with Presidents Washington, Adams, and Jefferson. Believing the Miami people's survival required improved agriculture, he sought and received help from the Quakers, establishing the first school of agriculture in the west. He also urged the President of the United States and the legislatures of Ohio and Kentucky to abolish alcohol sales to Indian people, declaring, "Alcohol has killed more of my tribe than all the wars and disease," and through his efforts the Miami enjoyed health benefits including smallpox vaccinations. In 1812, at age sixty, he died at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, William Wells, and was buried in Fort Wayne, Indiana.