Little Turkey

Little Turkey
Little Turkey
Born	1758
Died	1801
Nationality	Cherokee
Title	First Beloved Man, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Predecessor	Hanging Maw
Successor	Black Fox

Little Turkey (1758–1801) was First Beloved Man of the Cherokee people, becoming, in 1794, the first Principal Chief of the original Cherokee Nation.

Headman

Little Turkey, born in 1758, was elected First Beloved Man by the general council of the Cherokee upon the re-establishment of the council's seat at Ustanali on the Conasauga River. This was following the murder of Corntassel in 1788.

The United States acknowledged his rival, Hanging Maw of Coyatee, as the Cherokee leading headman, but the larger part of the Cherokee themselves, including the Chickamauga Cherokee (or Lower Cherokee) who followed Dragging Canoe, recognized Little Turkey as leader.

Following the end of the Cherokee–American wars (1794) and the subsequent organization that year of a national government, his title became Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation—a title he held until his death in 1801.

Preceded by Corntassel	First Beloved Man 1788–1794	Succeeded by Title ceased to exist

Preceded by Title nonexistent	Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation 1794–1801	Succeeded by Black Fox

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References

Litton, Gaston L. "The Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation", Chronicles of Oklahoma 15:3 (September 1937) 253-270; retrieved August 18, 2006.

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