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Last name Tarhie
Display name Tarhie
Other names Tarhe;The Crane
Birth date 1742
Death date 1818
Gender m
Affiliations Wyandot indians
Bio 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.

Mentioned in:

A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed by the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in Baltimore for Promoting the Improvement and Civilization of the Indian Natives

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815

A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804