Little Turtle's War

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Native American resistance military conflict war

Little Turtle's War was a late 18th-century conflict between a confederation of Native American tribes and the United States over control of the Northwest Territory, named after the Miami war chief Little Turtle who led many of the Native forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Little Turtle	1
Little Turtle's War canonical	1
Little Turtle’s War	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T432382 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Little Turtle's War
Context triple: [Northwest Indian War, alsoKnownAs, Little Turtle's War]

A. Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
B. The Land
The Land is an EPCOT pavilion focused on agriculture and the natural environment, featuring attractions and exhibits about sustainable farming, ecosystems, and human interaction with the Earth.
C. L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
D. The Lady of the Aroostook
The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
E. Gateway to the West
"Gateway to the West" is a nickname highlighting Omaha, Nebraska’s historic role as a major starting point for westward expansion and transportation in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Little Turtle's War
Target entity description: Little Turtle's War was a late 18th-century conflict between a confederation of Native American tribes and the United States over control of the Northwest Territory, named after the Miami war chief Little Turtle who led many of the Native forces.

A. Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
B. The Land
The Land is an EPCOT pavilion focused on agriculture and the natural environment, featuring attractions and exhibits about sustainable farming, ecosystems, and human interaction with the Earth.
C. L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
D. The Lady of the Aroostook
The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
E. Gateway to the West
"Gateway to the West" is a nickname highlighting Omaha, Nebraska’s historic role as a major starting point for westward expansion and transportation in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American resistance ⓘ military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Miami Confederacy War ⓘ linked to: Miami Confederacy Northwest Indian War ⓘ
belligerent	Delaware tribe ⓘ linked to: Delaware Nation Kentucky militia ⓘ Lenape tribe ⓘ linked to: Lenape Miami tribe ⓘ Ottawa tribe ⓘ Potawatomi tribe ⓘ linked to: Potawatomi Shawnee tribe ⓘ linked to: Shawnee Nation United States Army ⓘ Wyandot tribe ⓘ linked to: Wyandot
cause	United States expansion into Northwest Territory ⓘ disputed control of Northwest Territory ⓘ
concludedBy	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
conflictBetween	Native American tribal confederation ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryInvolved	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
effect	Native American land cessions in Northwest Territory ⓘ opening of Northwest Territory to U.S. settlement ⓘ
endTime	1795 ⓘ
followedBy	Tecumseh's War ⓘ
hasCommanderForSide	Anthony Wayne ⓘ Arthur St. Clair ⓘ Blue Jacket ⓘ Buckongahelas ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Josiah Harmar ⓘ Little Turtle ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
location	Northwest Territory ⓘ present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Indiana ⓘ present-day Michigan ⓘ present-day Ohio ⓘ linked to: Ohio present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
namedAfter	Little Turtle ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ Battle of the Wabash ⓘ Harmar's Defeat ⓘ linked to: Harmar's Campaign, 1790 St. Clair's Defeat ⓘ linked to: Battle of the Wabash
opposingForce	Western Confederacy of Native American tribes ⓘ linked to: Northwest Indian Confederacy
partOf	American Indian Wars ⓘ linked to: United States–Native American wars
precededBy	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
result	United States victory ⓘ
startTime	1785 ⓘ
treatySigned	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian War → alsoKnownAs → Little Turtle's War ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → commander → Little Turtle ⓘ

linked to: Little Turtle's War

Kekionga → associatedWithEvent → Little Turtle’s War ⓘ