Person:Osandiah Miami (1)

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."

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.

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