Roundhead (Wyandot)

Roundhead (c. 1760 – 1813), also known as Bark Carrier, Round Head, Stayeghtha, and Stiahta, was an American Indian chief of the Wyandot tribe.

Chief Roundhead participated in the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, arriving at the council from the vicinity of Detroit with a party of Wyandots, Shawnees, Six Nations, and Delawares at the end of July.

Though the proceedings were almost over when Chief Roundhead arrived, he signed the agreement, by which the Indians gave up most of present-day Ohio and part of Indiana.

[2] In September 1800 he signed onto a treaty relinquishing to the British crown some 2,500 acres on the Canadian side of the Detroit River.

[4][5] Leatherlips opposed Tecumseh's Confederacy against the United States, and he had sold native land to William Henry Harrison.

[6] However, it is widely believed that Leatherlips was executed for exaggerated charges of witchcraft to draw attention away from the true political motives.

[7] Roundhead's most notable accomplishment during the War of 1812 took place when he fought in the Second Battle of the River Raisin on January 22, 1813, overwhelmingly defeating the Americans.

Tecumseh, who did not participate in the battle, gave command of the native forces to Roundhead, who was aided by fellow Wyandot chief Walk-in-the-Water.