. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] LITTLE ROCK BAND LIWAITO 771 zation. Through his influence the body of the Arapaho remained at peace with tlie whites when theiralHes, the Cheyenne and Kiowa, went on the warpath in 1874-75. Little Raven died at Canton- ment, Okla., in the winter of 1889, after having maintained for 20 years a reputa- tion as the leader of the ele- ment. He was succeeded by Nawat, 'Left-hand'. (.r. m.) Little Rock Band. IMentioned l)y Parker (Minn. Ilandbk., 141, 1857) as a Sisseton division. Xot identified. Little Rock Village. A Potawatomi vil- lage in X. E. Illi
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] LITTLE ROCK BAND LIWAITO 771 zation. Through his influence the body of the Arapaho remained at peace with tlie whites when theiralHes, the Cheyenne and Kiowa, went on the warpath in 1874-75. Little Raven died at Canton- ment, Okla., in the winter of 1889, after having maintained for 20 years a reputa- tion as the leader of the ele- ment. He was succeeded by Nawat, 'Left-hand'. (.r. m.) Little Rock Band. IMentioned l)y Parker (Minn. Ilandbk., 141, 1857) as a Sisseton division. Xot identified. Little Rock Village. A Potawatomi vil- lage in X. E. Illinois in 1832 (Camp Tip- pecanoe treaty (1832) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 698, 1873); situated on the n. bank of Kankakee r., about the boundary of Kankakee and Will cos. Little Thunder. A Brule Sioux chief during the middle of the 19th century. He was present at the Crattan massacre near Ft Laramie in 1854, and assumed command when chief Singing Bear was killed; he also took part in the battle of Ash Hollow, Xebr., with Gen. Harney, in 1855, and continued chief until his death scxme years later. Physically Little Thvin- der was a giant, fully six feet six inches tall and large in jiroportion, and is spoken of as of superior intelligence. Little Turtle [Michikinikwa). A chief of the Miami tribe, born at his village on Elel r., Ind., in 1752. His father was a Miami chief and his mother a Mahican; hence, according to the Indian rule, he was a Mahican and received no advan- tage from his father's rank—that is, he was not chief by descent. However, his talents having attracted the notice of his countrymen, he was made chief of the jMiami whUe a comparatively young man. Little Turtle was the principal leader of the Indian forces that defeated Cen. Harmaron Miami r. in Oct. 1790, and Cen. St Clair, at St. .Marys, Nov. 4, 1791, and he and Bluejacket were among the fore- most leaders of the Indians in their con- flict with Gen. Wayne's army in 1795, al- though he had urged the Indians to m
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