Tarhe

{{Short description|Native American Wyandot leader (1742–1818)}} {{For|the helicopter|Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe}} 250px|thumb|right|From an 1817 print

'''Tarhe''' (c. 1742–1818) was a leader of the Wyandot people in the Ohio Country. His nickname was "The Crane".<ref>[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Tarhe Ohio History Central page on "Tarhe"]</ref>

Tarhe fought American expansion into the region until the Northwestern Confederacy was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Although the exact number of Wyandot chiefs at the Battle of Fallen Timbers is still debated, Tarhe was the only chief to survive. Afterwards, he sought accommodation with the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026 |title=Tarhe |url=http://touringohio.com/history/tarhe.html |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=Touring Ohio, the Heart of the Americas}}</ref>

The Chief Tarhe Monument commemorates his death in 1818 in Crane Town (Tarhetown), on the former Upper Sandusky Reservation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tarhe - Wyandot County |url=https://www.visitwyandotcounty.com/tarhe-monument |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=Wyandot County Visitors Bureau |language=en}}</ref>

His daughter, Myeerah, became one of the namesakes of Zanesfield, Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Isaac Zane & Princess Myeerah Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=35106 |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=www.hmdb.org, The Historical Marker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Myeerah Story |url=http://www.myeerah.com/story.htm |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.myeerah.com}}</ref>

The Sikorsky CH-54 cargo helicopter is named the "Tarhe" in his honor.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509091553/http://www.wyandotte-nation.org/history/biographies/tarhe.html "Tarhe: Grand Sachem"], by C. A. Buser (1978), provided online by the Wyandotte Nation * [http://www.wyandot.org/tarhe.htm "Tarhe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527110012/http://www.wyandot.org/tarhe.htm |date=2011-05-27 }} by Thelma Marsh [c. 1970s], provided online by the Wyandot Nation of Kansas * [https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/p16802coll21/id/613/rec/64 Portrait of Chief Tarhe]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarhe}} Category:1740s births Category:1818 deaths Category:18th-century Native American leaders Category:Native Americans of the Northwest Indian War Category:Wyandot people Category:Native American people from Ohio