Person:Meshingomesia Miami (1)

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Chief Meshingomesia Miami
d.16 Dec 1879
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Name Chief Meshingomesia Miami
Unknown Chief Mesh-ing-o-me-sha Miami
Unknown Chief Me-to-se-ne-a Miami
Unknown Chief Me-Shing-O-Me-Sia Miami
Unknown[9] Chief Me-shin-go-me-sia Miami
Unknown Me-shing-go-me-jaw Miami
Gender Male
Alt Birth[9] 1775 Wabash, Indiana, United States
Birth[4][11] 1782 Wabash, Indiana, United States
Alt Marriage Abt 1805 Indiana, United Statesto Te-Ke-Quah Miami
Military[4] 18 Dec 1812 Mississinewa, Randolph, Indiana, United StatesBattle of Mississinewa-maybe, article discusses if he participated or not
Marriage Abt 1815 Indiana, United Statesto Te-Ke-Quah Miami
Residence[1] 1831 Mississinewa, Randolph, Indiana, United States
Death[4][5][11] 16 Dec 1879
Burial[5] Jalapa, Grant, Indiana, United States
Nationality[4] Miami (Native American)
Religion[4] Indiana, United StatesBaptist
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    FamilySearch.org>> catalog>>United States, Indiana - Native races
    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

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    http://www.miamiindians.org/who-we-are Some Meshingomesia clan members are listed: Jackie Williams, Carl Tom Lavoncher II, + Charlie Bridenthal

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    https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/assets/as-ia/ofa/petition/066_miamin_IN/066_fd.pdf
    Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for
    Final Determination against 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.

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 .

    Fairmount News (Fairmount, Indiana), 04 Jan 1917, Thu, Page 3 Making of a Township

  5. 5.0 5.1 .

    Fairmount News (Fairmount, Indiana), 28 Aug 1922, Mon, Page 1 Miamis Would Preserve Indian Burying Ground

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    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) .

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    https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mah-Pi-Wan_Miami_%281%29 Listed as his grandson. Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee)03 Feb 1882, FriPage 2

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    Fairmount News (Fairmount, Indiana)08 Jun 1916, ThuPage 3 Miami Chief Dies William Peconga https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Peconga_%281%29 and Kwaw-Kwaw https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Kwaw-Kwaw_Miami_%281%29 are listed as grandsons of Meshingomesia

  9. 9.0 9.1 History of Grant County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present: with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with an extended history of the northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. (Chicago, Illinois: Brant & Fuller, 1886)
    258+266-267.

    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."

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    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
    Kah-wah-zay
    Ke-mo-te-aw
    Kil-so-aw
    Ko-was-see
    Me-shing-go-me-jaw
    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, son of La Blonde [This seems pretty close to Mon-go-sah, same person?]
    Mon-go-sah [probably the same person as Mong-go-sah]
    Nac-kaw-guaung-gaw
    Nac-kon-zaw [Is this the same person as Ne-kon-zaw?]
    Ne-kon-zaw [Is this the same person as Nac-kon-zaw?]
    Ne-we-lang-guaung-gaw
    Neh-wah-ling-quah
    Ni-con-zah
    O-san-di ah [same as O-zan-de-ah?]
    O-zan-de-ah [same as O-san-di 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
    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
    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

  11. 11.0 11.1 Bodurtha, Arthur L. History of Miami County, Indiana: a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974).