Philip Dennis

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In 1802, during a trip to Washington DC, Miami Chief Little Turtle extended an invitation to the Baltimore area Quakers to visit Fort Wayne and teach the Miami about white civilization. This request was repeated in writing in Autumn of 1803, and three Quakers arrived in Spring of 1804. Quakers Gerard T. Hopkins and George Ellicott remained two weeks, but Philip Dennis remained through Autumn to demonstrate the farming methods used by Americans on the East Coast.

After harvesting the crops, Dennis returned to Baltimore. While the Miami seemed interested in his farming methods, they did not adopt them.

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"The Life and Times of Little Turtle" by Carter, Harvey Lewis. ISBN 0-252-01318-2

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