Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Humming-bird

HUMMING-BIRD, Indian chief, b. in Tennessee in 1742; d. in Nashville, Tenn., 23 Dec., 1827. He was friendly with the settlers, and their ally in many difficulties with the Indians. In the campaigns of Gen. Anthony Wayne and Gen. Charles Scott in 1794 against the northwestern tribes, he led a company of sixty friendly warriors, and also distinguished himself in the war against the Creeks and the British. His commission and a silver medal that he received from Gen. Washington were, by his request, buried with him.