A contemporary of Tecumseh’s trusted Wyandot friend Roundhead, Walk-in-the-water was not so trusted. A fearsome warrior that embraced his tribe’s decision to remain in the United States after the battle of Fallen Timbers, he tried to join Hull’s Army of the Northwest but was refused due to his refusal to employ “savages”.

Walk-in-water was an opportunist that fought ferociously for his tribe but was very distrustful of other native peoples especially the hated Haudenosaunee (Iroquois).  The Iroquois had virtually wiped out his people during the wars of the last several hundred years. His Wyandots were allied with the Indian confederacies of the south until the battle of Fallen Timbers where they signed the Treaty of Greenville and joined the United States choosing Brownstown as the location of their council fire.

He was the type of man who joined whatever side would serve his people best. At the start of the war, his allies were the Americans but as fortunes change so will his allegiance.