Tarhie

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Other Names: Tarhe;The Crane

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1742

Birth Place: Unknown

Death Date: 1818

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: Wyandot indians

Notes: Principal chief of Wyandots, sent a belt of wampum to BYM in 1799. Fought American expansion until the defeat of the Western Indian Confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, and then sought accommodation with the United States. Executed by order of Tecumseh.

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