Person:Pimyotomah Coleman (1)

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Pimyotomah Coleman
b.Abt 1814
d.1889
  1. Betsy Whitewolf1786 - 1870
  2. Catherine ColemanAbt 1811 -
  3. Pimyotomah ColemanAbt 1814 - 1889
  • HPimyotomah ColemanAbt 1814 - 1889
  1. John Baptist Walker1834 - 1873
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Name Pimyotomah Coleman
Alt Name Pimyotomah _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1814
Marriage to Unknown
Death[1] 1889
Nationality[1] Miami
References
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    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.


    THIS IS JUST ONE OF 65 REFERENCES TO PIMYOTOMAH IN THIS DOCUMENT.

    Anthony Walker is listed as a grandson of Pimyotomah. Anthony Walker was alive in 1895.

    Pimyotomah was alive in 1845.

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    Daily Reporter (Greenfield, Indiana)08 May 1999, SatPage 1 "Children of the Sun God"

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    Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana)07 May 1996, TuePage 12 "A Persistent People"