Person:Me-to-Cin-Yah Miami (1)

Fairmount News (Fairmount, Indiana), 04 Jan 1917, Thu, Page 3

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Pay roll of Miami Indians, August, 1831 : abstract of annuity paid the Miami Indians for the year 1831
Format: Journal Article
Language: English
Physical: p. 27-28
The Genealogist (R. Bakehorn) - v. 2, no. 2 (Oct./Dec. 1972)

Me-to-se-ne-a's son, place of residence = Mississineway, 12 persons in family

Chief Me-Shing-O-Me-Sia
Birth: 13 May 1781
Death: 16 Dec 1879 (aged 98) Grant County, Indiana, USA
Burial: Miami Indian Cemetery, Fox, Grant County, Indiana, USA
Memorial #: 11565673
Bio: Chief Meshingomesia is a prominent figure in the war of 1812. He is the son of Miami Chief Metocinyah. His legacy is detailed in the book entitled "The Miami Indians by Bert Anson, University of Oklahoma Press, Mar 1, 2000. This tribe of the Miami Indians was chronicled in history by engaging in the first major battle of the War of 1812 in Grant County Indiana. The Mississinewa Battlefield was the site of the first victory of the United States Army during the War of 1812, on December 17-18, 1812. A 600-man mounted force led by Lt. Col. John B. Campbell attacked and destroyed four British-allied Indian villages led by Chief Meshingomesia. This is the site of the annual Mississinewa 1812 living history event. Re-enactment enthusiasts flock to this area each fall to don their historical uniforms and reenact the epic battle.
Gravesite Details Native American; aged about 98 years
Family Members
Spouse
Takeequah Aw-Taw-Waw-Taw Unknown-1879
Children
Louisa Miller Winters Unknown-1922
Created by: Tombstoner & Family (46631930)
Added: 19 Aug 2005
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11565673/chief-me-shing-o-me-sia
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 November 2020), memorial page for Chief Me-Shing-O-Me-Sia (13 May 1781–16 Dec 1879), Find a Grave Memorial no. 11565673, citing Miami Indian Cemetery, Fox, Grant County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Tombstoner & Family (contributor 46631930)

Me-shin-go-me-sia. His ancestors and descendants.—No reliable account of the ancestors of Me-shin-go-me-sia can be traced farther back than the fourth generation, or to the time of Osandiah, who, at the head of one division of the tribe, left Fort Wayne (at what date no one knows) and settled on the Big Miami River in Ohio. Soon after his settlement at this point he visited Gen. Washington, at that time President, who presented him with tokens of regard. This aroused the jealousy of the other tribes, by whom it is believed he was poisoned. Upon the death of Osandiah his son, Ataw-ataw, became chief, and he, in turn, was succeeded by his son, Me-to-cin-yah, who removed with his tribe to Indiana and settled in what is now Wabash and Grant Counties, and after a successful reign of many years died, and his remains were buried in Wabash County. He was the father of ten children: Me-shin-go-me-sia, Ta-con- saw, Mack-quack-yno-nun-gah, Shop-on-do-sheab, Wa-pe-si-taw, Me-tack-quack-quah, So-lin-jes-yah, Wa-cau-con-aw, Po-kung-e- yah and We-cop-eme-nah. Upon the death of Me-to-cin-yah, his eldest son, Me-shin-go-me- sia, succeeded to the chieftaincy. He was born in Wabash County about the beginning of the last quarter of the eighteenth century (the precise date not known). At the age of about thirty he married Tac-ka-quah, a daughter of So-a-nah-ke-kah, and to them were born two sons Po-kung-gah and Ataw-ataw. He was a man of great firmness, though not obstinate. He was ordinarily intelligent and always displayed judgment and good business sense in the man- agement of the affairs of his band. With his death which occurred December —, 1879, the last chief of this historic tribe passed away. The few who remain are the descendants of the old chief, and ere many years have swept away they too will have been translated to the happy hunting grounds and the last trace of the noble red man will disappear, but the romance of his life will be recited centuries after his race is extinct . "Ye say they all have passed away, That noble race and brave; That their light canoes have vanished From off the crested wave; That 'mid the forest where they roamed There rings no hunter's shout; But their name is on your waters, Ye may not wash it out."

Persons mentioned in the Treaty of 6 November 1838 between the Miami and the United States of America

https://accessgenealogy.com/indiana/treaty-of-november-6-1838.htm
https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Treaties/TreatyWithTheMiami1838.html
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.IT1838no234
https://cdn.citl.illinois.edu/courses/aiiopcmpss/MiamiCase/1838Nov6.htm
http://resources.utulsa.edu/law/classes/rice/Treaties/07_Stat_582_Miami.htm
The Miami:
Al-lo-lah
Aw-koo-te-aw
Beaver [Mack quah]
Black Loon
La Blonde
Cha-pine
Ching-guaw-ke-aw
Deaf Man’s daughter, O-zah-shin-quah [Deaf Man = Shepoconah]
Deaf Man’s daughter, the wife of Bronilette [Deaf Man = Shepoconah][Daughter’s name was Kekenakushwa or Cut Finger] [husband = Rev. Jean Baptiste Brouillette / John B. Bruette]
Duck
La Fountain [same as To-pe-yaw? Topia Francis Lafontaine?]
Godfroy alias Kee-ki-lash-e-we-ah
Francis Godfroy
Po-qua Godfroy
Catherine Godfroy, daughter of Francis Godfroy and her children
Peter Gouin
Kaw-tah-maung-guaw, same as Kah-tah-mong-quah
Kah-wah-zay / Ko-was-see
Ke-mo-te-aw
Kil-so-aw
Me-shing-go-me-jaw [Meshingomesia / Mesh-ing-o-me-sha]
Me-to-sin-ia (band of Me-to-sin-ia)
Mac-quaw-ko-naung
Mais-zi-quah
Mais-shil-gouin-mi-zah
Maw-yauc-que-yaw
Me-cha-ne-qua , alias Gros-mis
Minjenickeaw
Mong-go-sah, same as Mon-go-sah, son of La Blonde

Nac-kaw-guaung-gaw
Nac-kon-zaw same as Ne-kon-zaw same as Ni-con-zah
Ne-we-lang-guaung-gaw
Neh-wah-ling-quah
O-san-di ah, same as O-zan-de-ah
Paw-lawn-zo-aw
Pe-she-wah [If J. B. Richardville is the same person as Pe-she-wah, then why are both of them listed in this treaty? Is there as different man also known as Pe-she-wah which is sometimes translated as Wildcat?]
Pe-waw-pe-yaw
she being commonly known as Pichoux’s sister, the wife of Benjamin, Ah-mac-kon-zee-quah.
John B. Richardville [Sr.] [If J. B. Richardville is the same person as Pe-she-wah, then why are both of them listed in this treaty? Is there as different man also known as Pe-she-wah which is sometimes translated as Wildcat?]
John B. Richardville, jr.
Susan Richardville’s son, Kah-tah-mong-quah same as Kaw-tah-maung-guaw
Seek
Tah-ko-nong.
Taw-we-ke-juc
To-pe-yaw [Topia Francis Lafontaine / La Fountain?]

Tow-wah-keo-shee, wife of Old Pish-a-wa [Tau-cum-wa / Tah-kum-wah]
Wah-pi-pin-cha
Waw-pa-pin-shaw [maybe Black Raccoon / Wappapinsha / George Hunt?]
Waw-pe-maung-guaw
Waw-paw-ko-se-aw
White Loon
White Raccoon
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The United States:
John T. Douglass Sub-Agent
J. B. Duret
Allen Hamilton Secretary to Commissioner
Wm. Hulbert Indian Agent
H. Lasselle
Commissioner Abel C. Pepper
Danl. D. Pratt Assistant Secretary to Commissioner

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science...Preliminary Comments on an Historic Miami Site in the Mississinewa River Valley.

myaamiaki aancihsaaciki
A Cultural Exploration of the Myaamia Removal Route
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Treaty With the Miami, 1840