Little Turtle. “Address of Little Turtle, 4 January 1802.” Founders Online, National Archives. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-36-02-0168-0002.

Primary evidence that treaty boundaries remained unclear or unenforced and that settler encroachment threatened peace.

Little Turtle, “Address of Little Turtle, 4 January 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-36-02-0168-0002.

Little Turtle, “Address of Little Turtle, 4 January 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-36-02-0168-0002.

Paragraphs beginning “Father some parts” through “Father we therefore request”

Little Turtle, “Address,” January 4, 1802.

Treaty discussion; paragraphs beginning “Father, Should this request be granted” and “Father, the introduction of this poison”; documentary note identifying the clerk’s copy and William Wells’s translation.

Rechecked September 5, 2026 against the indexed Founders Online text. Narrative use includes the treaty discussion, liquor-trade petition, and documentary provenance. The address refers to spirituous liquors, not exclusively whiskey. The catalog date is January 4, 1802; the editorial note records a January 2 heading in the contemporary newspaper version. The narrative follows the edition’s catalog date. Full preservation and complete-source processing are separate from this citation check.