Francis Godfroy had two wives: Sacachequah, a Pottawatomii and
Sacaquatah (Catherine Coleman) I whose father was a white captive
and mother was a Miami daughter of Osandiah. These two unions
produced 12 children altogether. Members of his large family and
other remnants of Osandiah's village inhabited tracts of reserve
land surrounding his trading house near Peru. The landless Eel
River Miamis also settled on this land in the 1830's.
When Francis Godfroy died in 1840, leadership of the band passed
to his son-in-law, Black Raccoon (Wappapinsha), also known as
George Hunt. Before removal, Black Raccoon had been leader of a
village "just south of Wabash" (Butler 1901:228); he married
Francis' daughter Frances in about 1830. He delivered the eulogy
for Francis Godfroy's funeral (Lamb and Schultz 1964:102).
Pimyotomah, the brother of Francis' second wife and a grandson of
Osandiah, was also a leader of the band following Francis' death.
When Black Raccoon died in 1860, Gabriel Godfroy (son of Francis)
succeeded him as leader of the group , although Pimyotomah
continued to exercise considerable influence until his death in
1889.
https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/assets/as-ia/ofa/petition/066_miamin_IN/066_pf.pdf
Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for
Proposed Findinq Aqainst Federal Acknowledgment
of the
Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.
Prepared in response to a petition submitted
to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior
for Indian Affairs for Federal acknowledgment
that this group exists as an Indian Tribe.
