854 



MIAMI 



[b. a. b. 



a band known as Eel Rivers, formerly liv- 

 ing near Thorntown, Boone lo., Ind., but 

 they afterward joined the main V)ody on 

 the Wabash. 



According to Morgan (Anc. Soc, 168, 

 1877) the Miami have lOgentes: (l)Mow- 

 hawa(wolf), (2) Mongwa(loon), (3) Ken- 

 dawa (eagle), (4) Ahpakosea (buzzard), 



(5) Kanozawa (Kanw^asowau, panther), 



(6) Pilawa (turkey), (7) Ahseponna ( rac- 

 coon), (8) Monnato (snow), (9) Kulswa 

 (sun), (10) Water. Chauvignerie, inl737, 

 said that the ]Miami had two principal to- 

 tems — the elk and crane — while some of 

 them had the bear. The French writers 

 call the Atchatchakangouen (Crane) the 

 leading division. At a great conference 

 on the Maumee in Ohio in 1793 the 

 Miami signed witli the turtle totem. None 

 of these totems occurs in Morgan's list. 



It is impossible to give a satisfactory 

 estimate of the numbers of the Miami 

 at any one time, on account of confusion 

 with the Wea and Piankashaw, who 

 probably never exceeded 1,500. An esti- 

 mate in 1764 gives them 1,750; another 

 in the following year places their num- 

 ber at 1,250. In 1825 the population of 

 the ]\Iiami, Eel Rivers, and Wea was. 

 given as 1,400, of whom 327 were Wea. 

 Since their removal to the W. they have 

 rapidly decreased. Only 57 Miami were 

 ofhciaily known in Indian Ter. in 1885, 

 while the Wea and Piankashaw were 

 confederated with the remnant of the 

 Illinois under the name of Peoria, the 

 whole body numbering but 149; these in- 

 creased to 191 in 1903. The total number 

 of Miami in 1905 in Indian Ter. was 124; 

 in Indiana, in 1900, there were 243; the 

 latter, however, are greatly mixed with 

 white blood. Including individuals scat- 

 tered among other tribes, the whole num- 

 ber is probably 400. 



The Miami joined in or made treaties 

 with the United States as follows: (1) 

 Greenville, O., with Gen. Anthony 

 AVayne, Aug. 3, 1795, defining the boun- 

 dary between the United States and tribes 

 w. of Ohio r. and ceding certain tracts of 

 land; (2) Ft Wayne, Ind., June 7, 1803, 

 with various tribes, defining boundaries 

 and ceding certain lands; (3) Grouseland, 

 Ind., Aug., 21, 1805, ceding certain lands 

 in Indiana and defining boundaries; (4) 

 Ft Wayne, Ind., Sept. 30, 1809, in which 

 the Miami, Eel River tribes, and Dela- 

 wares ceded certain lands in Indiana, and 

 the relations between the Delawares and 

 Miami regarding certain territory are de- 

 fined; (5) Treatv of peace at Greenville, 

 O., July 22, 1814, l)etween the United 

 States, the Wyandot, Delawares, Shaw- 

 nee, Seneca, and the Miami, including the 

 Eel River and Wea tribes; (6) Peace 

 treaty of Spring Wells, Mich., Sept. 8, 

 1815, by the Miami and other tribes; (7) 



St Mary's, 0., Oct. 6, 1818, by which the 

 Miami ceded certain lands in Indiana; 

 (8) Treaty of the AVabash, Ind., Oct. 23, 

 1826, l)y which the Miami ceded all tlieir 

 lands in Indiana, n. and w. of Wabash 

 and Miami rs. ; (9) Wyandot village, Ind., 

 Feb. 11, 1828, by which the Eel River 

 Miami ceded all claim to the reservation 

 at their village on Sugar Tree cr., Ind.; 

 (10) Forks of Wabash, Ind., Oct. 23, 1834, 

 l)y which the Miami ceded several tracts 

 in Indiana; (11) Forks of the Wabash, 

 Ind., Nov. 6, 1838, by which the Miami 

 ce^k-d most of their remaining lands in 

 Indiana, and the United States agreed to 

 furnisli them a reservation w. of the Mis- 

 sissippi; (12) Forks of the Wabash, Ind., 

 Nov. 28, 1840, l)y which the Miami cedeil 

 their remaining lands in Indiana and 

 agreed to remove to the country assigned 

 them w. of the Mississippi; (13) Wash- 

 ington, June 5, 1854, by which they ceded 

 a tract assigned by amended treaty of Nov. 

 28, 1840, excepting 70,000 a. retained as a 

 reserve; (14) Washington, Feb. 23,1867, 

 with Seneca and others, in which it is 

 sti2)ulated that the Miami may become 

 confederated with the Peoria and others 

 if they so desire. 



Among the JNliami villages were Chi- 

 cago, Chippekawkay, Choppatee's village, 

 Kekionga, Kenapacomaqua, Kokomo, 

 Kowasikka, Little Turtle's village, Me- 

 shingomesia, Missinquimeschan (Pianka- 

 shaw), Mississinewa, Osaga, Pahedke- 

 tcha, Piankashaw (Piankashaw), Pick- 

 awillanee. Raccoon's village^ Seek's 

 village, St Francis Xavier (mission, with 

 others), Thorntown (Eel River Miami). 



(j. M. C. T.) 



Allianies. — Beckwith in Indiana Geol. Rep., 43, 

 1883 (misprint). Maiama.— Janson, Stranger in 

 Am., 192, 1.SU7. M'amiwis. — Ratintsinie, Am. Na- 

 tions, I. I.i7, 1830. Maumee.— Washington (1790) 

 in .\ni. St. Papers, Ind. Afl., 1, 143, 1832. Maumes. — 

 SelidcikTalt, Ind. Tribes, v, 39, 185.5. Maumies.— 

 Warren (1S.52) in Minn. Hi.st. Soc. Coll., v, 33, 1885. 

 Mawmee.— Imlay, West Ter., 364, 1797. Me-a-me-a- 

 ga.— Morgan, Consang. and Affin., 287, 1871. Mea- 

 mes.— La Barre (1683) in N. V. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 

 202, 18.55. Meamis. — Iliid. Memilounioue. — .les. 

 Rel. 1672, Lviii, 40, 1.S99. Memis.— Le Barre 

 (1683), op. cit.,208. Mencamis.— Boudin<it,Starin 

 the West, 127, 1816 (misprint). Metousceprin- 

 ioueks.— Bacqueville de la Potherie, Hist. Am., 

 n, 103, 1753 ('Walkers', 'well on their feet' ; 

 so called because they traveled much on foot, 

 and not in canoes). Miamee. — Jones, Ojeb- 

 vvay Inds., 178, 1861. Miames. — Lewis and Clark, 

 Travels, 12, I.SOO. Miami.— Gatschet, Potawatomi 

 MS., B. A. E., 1S7S (Potawatomi name; plural, 

 Miamik). Miamiha.— Cuxe, Carolana, 49, 1741. 

 Miamiouek.— Jes. Rel. 1670, 90, 1858. Miamis.— Du 

 Chesneau (1681) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 1.53, 

 1.S55. Mineamies.— Trader of 1778 in Schoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, in, .561, 18.53. Miramis.— De Bougain- 

 ville (17571 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x. 608. 1858 

 (misprint). Miyamis. — Jefferys, Frenclr Doms., 

 pt. 1, map, 1761. Myamicks. — Lamberville 

 (1686) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., Ill, 489, 1853. 

 Myamis.— Membre (ra. 1680) in Shea, Miss. Val., 

 152, 1852. Naked Indians.— Doc. of 1728 in Min. of 

 Prov. Conn, of Pa., 111,312, 1840. Nation . . . dela 

 Grue.- Bactiueville dela Potherie, Hist. Am., iv, 

 35, 1753. Omameeg.— Warren (1852) in Schoolcraft, 



