Tarhe
From an 1817 print
Tarhe (1742–1818) was a leader of the Wyandot people in the Ohio country. His nickname was "The Crane".[1] He fought American expansion into the region until the Western Indian Confederacy was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Afterwards, he sought accommodation with the United States.
The Sikorsky CH-54 cargo helicopter is named the "Tarhe" in honor of him.
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- "Tarhe: Grand Sachem", by C. A. Buser (1978), provided online by the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma
- "Tarhe" by Thelma Marsh [c. 1970s], provided online by the
- Chief Tarhe [1]
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- Native American leaders
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