LITTLE TURTLE

c.1752–1812, chief of the Miami, born in a Miami village near present-day Fort Wayne, Ind. He was noted for his oratorical powers, military skill, and intelligence. He was a principal commander of the Native Americans in the defeat of Gen. Josiah Harmar on the Miami River in 1790 and of Gen. Arthur St. Clair on the Wabash River in 1791. After several attacks on the forces of Gen. Anthony Wayne, he counseled peace but was overruled. Consequently he was not in command at Fallen Timbers. He reluctantly signed the Treaty of Greenville (Ohio) in 1795, ceding a great part of Ohio to the whites, and he also signed several subsequent treaties. Later he refused to join Tecumseh's confederacy against the whites. He persuaded many of the Miami to turn to agriculture and appealed to the government to halt the liquor trade among his people.

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Fire in the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean
Book by Osha Gray Davidson; Public Affairs, 2001
Subjects: Endangered Species, Green Turtle, Green Turtle--Diseases, Nature--Effect Of Human Beings On, Ocean
...1988. Clothahump named for a turtle wizard from a fantasy story...like an overeager puppy than a turtle. "Ursula went nuts over Clothahump...Clothahump, not knowing whether the little turtle would be around when they returned...introduced us to the ways of turtles," is how Ursula puts it...
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The Mutual Flame: On Shakespeare's Sonnets and the Phoenix and the Turtle
Book by G. Wilson Knight; Methuen, 1955
Subjects: Drama, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Phoenix and the turtle, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Sonnets
...further in his The Phoenix and Turtle 1937 . But it is hard to see...interpretation The Phoenix and Turtle , Int., xxiii ill-suited...universal about our Phoenix- and-Turtle collection, and it is on this...main myth will be found to have little in com mon with married love...
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Turtle Island
Book by Gary Snyder; New Directions, 1974
Subjects: Poetry
...his brothers, all those Fading living beings North America, Turtle Island, taken by invaders who wage war around the world. May...The robots argue how to parcel out our Mother Earth To last a little longer like vultures flapping Belching, gurgling, near a dying...
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The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China
Book by Sarah Allan; State University of New York Press, 1991
Subjects: China--Civilization--To 221 B.C, China--History--Shang Dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C, Cosmology, Chinese, Mythology, Chinese, Philosophy, Chinese--To 221 B.C
...great flood. The first reference to his birth is in the Chuci, Tian wen : "In the tree by the waters edge, they got that little child. Why did they so despise him that they sent him in the entourage of the woman of You Xin ?" 87 The question posed seems...
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Little Women
Book by Louisa May Alcott, Valerie Alderson; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects: Alcott, Louisa May--1832-1888--Little women, Fiction, Sisters--New England--Fiction
...Dovecote. That was the name of the little brown house which Mr Brooke...went on together like a pair of turtle-doves, with first a bill...It was a tiny house, with a little garden behind, and a lawn about...mirrors, or lace curtains in the little parlor, but simple furniture...
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Personal Fowl: "The Phoenix and the Turtle" and the Question of Character
Journal article by Tom Bishop; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 34, 2006
Subjects: Characterization--Evaluation, Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1558-1603 (Elizabethan)--Criticism and interpretation, English poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Literary characters--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William--Works, The Phoenix and the Turtle (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...Fowl: "The Phoenix and the Turtle" and the Question of Character...often to be found, giving as little as three lines an ample opportunity...characterization has been a more or less perennial observation about...should look elsewhere. At least one other contemporary scheme...notes ("Lets obey his humor a little further," 4.2.199...in addition to these more or less standard and explicit theoretical...
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Mercury Contamination in Turtles and Implications for Human Health
Journal article by Aaliyah D. Green, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Cris Hagen, Christopher Romanek, J. Whitfield Gibbons; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 72, 2010
Subjects: Mercury compounds--Distribution, Mercury poisoning--Risk factors, Mercury--Health aspects, Mercury--Risk factors, Turtles--Chemical properties
...Among Tissues Of all turtle tissues sampled...Frequent consumption of turtles with liver Hg concentrations...effects. Kidneys are less risky to consume...dietary Hg exposure. Turtles purchased in Asian...safety of eating turtle eggs in general...of Malayan box turtle samples. Conclusion Turtles in this study showed...diet containing little to no fish. It...
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Relationship of Blood Mercury Levels to Health Parameters in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta)
Journal article by Rusty D. Day, Al L. Segars, Michael D. Arendt, A. Michelle Lee, Margie M. Peden-Adams; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: Blood chemical analysis--Usage, Blood--Analysis and chemistry, Blood--Usage, Loggerhead turtle--Health aspects, Mercury (Metal)--Distribution, Mercury (Metal)--Health aspects, Mercury--Distribution, Mercury--Health aspects
...impacts of mercury on sea turtle immune function are...lymphocytes, loggerhead sea turtles, mercury, methylmercury...in 2003 were due at least in part to Hg, for...in the decline in sea turtle populations, including...pollutants in marine turtle health is largely unknown...immunologic function of sea turtles because these effects...
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Learning from Experience : a Report from Mexico's Turtle Trip 2000
Journal article by Marta Maja Jankowska; Electronic Green Journal, Vol. 1, 2000
...all the eggs or dead baby turtles and count them to see how...very disgusting to say the least, and sad that so many baby turtles do not survive. Every now and then though, you find a little turtle that is still alive, and...least a little hope. These turtles need all the hope and help...
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Archaeology of Torres Strait Turtle-Shell Masks: The Badu Cache
Journal article by Bruno David, Ian Mcniven, William Bowie, Manuel Nomoa, Peo Ahmat, Joe Crouch, Liam Brady, Michael Quinnell, Anita Herle; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2004, 2004
Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Research, Museums
...in some instances at least likely due to a lack...Badu to have had or made turtle-shell masks, given...Badu had ever seen a turtle-shell mask (but they...radiocarbon result sheds little new light on the antiquity of turtle-shell masks; the Luis...mask manufacture is at least 400 years old. However...
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Up from the Sand: In French Guiana, Giant Leatherback Turtles Emerge from the Surf in an Ancient Ritual of Life
Magazine article by Bernadette Gilbertas; International Wildlife, Vol. 28, September 1998
Subjects: French Guiana--Plants and animals, Sea turtles--Behavior
...Guiana, giant leatherback turtles emerge from the surf in an...shore. The leatherback sea turtle has arrived. For 27 years...troubled seas. Of the eight sea turtle species, the leatherback...6.2 ft.) in length. Little is known about the leatherbacks...invertebrates and crustaceans. The turtles mate in their home sea. Then...in Central America, with less significant sites in Southeast...
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Providing Safekeeping for Southeast Asia's Vanishing Turtles
Magazine article by Ted Williams; National Wildlife, October 2000
Subjects: Turtles--Protection
...holding their own until a little more than a decade ago...hole, sucking down turtles from dozens of nations...had one of the richest turtle faunas on Earth-Ross...will buy any kind of turtle. Weve been recently...since there are no more turtles left to buy." In July...vet William McCord, a turtle researcher from upstate...hours. Included were at least five nearly extinct...
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Turtle Oblivion
Magazine article by Oliver Marshall; Geographical, Vol. 73, July 2001
Subjects: Marine resources--Nicaragua, Nicaragua--Plants and animals, Sea turtles--Protection
...prohibition on the sale of the turtles they capture would deny this...their few resources. Banning turtle hunting would rob poorer people...Rican communities have at least been able to derive economic...visiting nesting beaches, turtles in Nicaraguas Caribbean waters...way out of sight. I chose Little Corn Island, some 80 kilometres east of Bluefields, as my turtle-hunting jumping-off point...
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Turtle with a Punch!
Magazine article by Cathy Murray Grigsby; Arts & Activities, Vol. 143, June 2008
Subjects: Art students--Training, Art teachers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Drawing--Study and teaching, Turtles--Portrayals
Turtle with a Punch! by Cathy...teachers have precious little time for their own artistic...going to be drawing turtles for our patterns. I...webbed feet of land turtles. We used a thick black...I showed them how a turtles head is a little more...Next I divided my turtle shell into sections...
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Turtle Power: Beginning Graphics and Turtle Power: Text, Graphics, and Sound
Magazine article by Douglas H. Clements; Teaching Children Mathematics, Vol. 4, March 1998
Subjects: Educational software--Evaluation, Turtle Power: Beginning Graphics (Educational/training software)--Evaluation, Turtle Power: Text, Graphics, and Sound (Educational/training software)--Evaluation
Turtle Power: Beginning Graphics and Turtle Power: Text, Graphics, and Sound. by Douglas H. Clements Turtle Power and More Turtle Power are designed...mathematics of coordinates and does little to encourage children to build such...
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At Least the Turtles Enjoy Our Summer
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 11, 2011
Subjects: Endangered species, Sea turtles
At Least the Turtles Enjoy Our Summer...Research Centre in Cork, said the turtles come to Ireland every year...waters get warm. Normally these turtles are located further south but...professor said that leatherback sea turtles are impossible to find. He...and then a leatherback sea turtle popped up really close to them...
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At Least the Turtles Enjoy Our Summer
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 11, 2011
Subjects: Endangered species, Sea turtles
At Least the Turtles Enjoy Our Summer...Research Centre in Cork, said the turtles come to Ireland every year...waters get warm. Normally these turtles are located further south but...said that leatherbacks sea turtles are impossible to find. He...and then a leatherback sea turtle popped up really close to them...
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Tommy's a Turtle Who's Very Lucky
Newspaper article; The Observer (Gladstone, Australia), November 15, 2008
Subjects: Turtles
Tommys a Turtle Whos Very Lucky. Byline: Kelli Downey Boyne-Tannum LITTLE green turtle "Tommy" is lucky to be facing another day...Boyne Islands Lillies Beach on November 1. The turtle had become entangled in discarded fishing line...
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Watch out for Turtles as You Travel Newly Widened Algonquin Road
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 13, 2008
Subjects: Turtles
Watch out for Turtles as You Travel Newly...looking out for the little guy. Or turtle, as the case may...for the Blandings Turtle, a species living...of road that the turtles may be doing the same. The turtles and their habitat...The flag for the turtle came up." Blandings...
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The Turtle War
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 5, 2006
Subjects: Turtles
...low-income countries have little incentive or means to stop turtle poaching or more profitable...the potential and benefits of turtle farming. They established a turtle farm in Cayman with the goal...substantial numbers of 2-year-old turtles into the sea to replenish wild...
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Little Turtle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LITTLE TURTLE c.1752 1812, chief of the Miami , born in a Miami village near present-day Fort Wayne, Ind. He was noted for his oratorical...
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Turtle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...period and have undergone very little change since then. On the...body structure) evidence, turtles were thought to be the oldest...reptile groups indicate that turtles, along with crocodiles...modern of reptiles. Types of Turtles Turtles are classified in...includes about a third of all turtle species and is abundant in...
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Potawatomi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the English. The Potawatomi supported Pontiacs Rebellion , fought against the United States in the battles headed by Little Turtle, took part in the battle of Fallen Timbers, and signed the Treaty of Greenville (1795). They sided with the British...
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St. Clair, Arthur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and became (1791) commander in chief of the forces fighting the Native Americans. The Native Americans, led by Little Turtle , surprised and defeated St. Clair near the Miami villages. The defeat led him to resign his commission (1792...
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Miami , Indigenous People of North America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the French in the French and Indian Wars , and they helped the British in the American Revolution . With their chief Little Turtle , the Miami were prominent in the Indian wars of the Old Northwest. By 1827 they had ceded most of their lands in...
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