Career
Little Turkey, born in 1758, was elected First Beloved Manitoba 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. 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.
