Editing Little Turtle (section)

=== Burial site ===

In 1959, Fort Wayne residents Mary Catherine Smeltzly and her sister, Eleanor Smeltzly, purchased Little Turtle's burial site to honor his peacemaking efforts by donating the property to the city as a public park. A bronze plaque attached to a granite boulder erected on the site was dedicated in 1960.<ref name=Taylor12 /> In 1994, the memorial was improved with additional markers, and a trust was established for its maintenance.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

A small memorial stone placed at Little Turtle's gravesite reads:
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CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE
1752–1812

ME-SHE-KI-NO-QUAH
CHIEF OF THE MIAMI INDIANS
TEACHER OF HIS PEOPLE
FRIEND OF THE UNITED STATES

HIS ENDEAVORS TOWARD PEACE 
SHOULD SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION 
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THIS PLOT OF GROUND, THE LAST 
RESTING PLACE OF CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE, 
IS DEDICATED TO THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA AND MADE 
A PUBLIC PARK IN 1959
THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF

ELEANOR SMELTZLY AND
MARY CATHERINE SMELTZLY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
ALLEN COUNTY–FORT WAYNE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
}}