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MIAMI RIVER MICA 



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[iid. Tribes, V, 39, 1855(ChippewanaiDe) . 0-maum- 

 eeg. — Warren (1852) in Minn. Hist. Soc. C'oll., v, 

 33, 1885 (Chippewa name). Omianicks. — Lamber- 

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

 Omie.— Writer of 1786 in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 1st 

 s., Ill, 26, 1794. Ouimiamies.— N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., Ill, 489, note, 1853. Oumamens.— Neill in 

 Minn. Hist. Soe. Coll., V,413, 18S5. Oumami.— Jes. 

 Rel. 1670, 94, 1858. Oumamik.— Ibid., 1658, 21, 

 1858. Oumanies. — Lahontan, New Voy., I, map, 

 1735. Oumeami. — La Famine council (1684) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 238, 1855. Oumiamies.— 

 Bechefer (1682), ibid., 170. Pkiwi-leni.— Gat- 

 sehet, Shawnee MS., B. A. E., 1879 (Shawnee 

 name; plural, Pkiwi-K>nigi, 'dust or ashes 

 people' ). ftuitways. — Doc. o£ 1747 in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., VI, 391, 1855 (=Twightwee.s? They do 

 not appear to have been the Quatoghees or Hur- 

 ons, as thought by tlie editor). Qwikties. — Col- 

 den (1727), Hist. Five Nations, 69, 1747 (luisiirint 

 for Twiktwies). Sa"shkia-a-runu. — (Jatschet, 

 Wyandot MS., B. A. E., 18,s] (Huron name, 

 meaning ' people dressing finely, fantastically', 

 i. e., 'dandy people'). Tawatawas. — Brinton, 

 Lenape Legends, 146, 1885 (fnjni the AIg(.)n(iuian 

 toica, 'naked'; henceTwightwees). Tawatawee. — 

 Doc. of 1759, ibid., '232. Tawixtawes. — Goldman in 

 West. Reserve Hist. Soe, Tract no. 6, 1, July 1871. 

 Tawixti. — Giissefeld, map, 1797 (used for Picka- 

 willanee village, q. v. According to Harris, Tour, 

 137, 1805, the name occurs on Hutchins" map, 

 ca. 1764. It is another form of Twightwee). 

 Tawixtwi.— La Tour, map, 1784 (used for Picka- 

 willanee village, q. v.). Tewicktowes. — Harrison 

 (1814) in Drake, Tecumseh, 159, 1,S52. Titwa.— 

 Doc. {ca. 1700) in Min. of Prov. Conn, of Pa., i, 

 411, 18'38. Tooweehtoowees. — Edwards (1751) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 1st s., x, 147, 1809. Tuih- 

 tuihronoons. — Colden (1727), Five Nations, 61, 1747 

 (Iroquois name). Twechtweys. — Doc. of 1728 in 

 Min. of Prov. Coun. of Pa., Ill, 312, 1840. Tweegh- 

 twees.— Albany conf. (1754) in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., VI, 873, 1855. Twghtwees. — Domenech, Des- 

 erts, I, 444, 1860. Twichtwees.— Loskiel (1794) in 

 Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 336, 1872. Twich- 

 twichs. — Dongan (16S7) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 Ill, 439, 1853. Twichtwicks.— Livingston (1687), 

 ibid., 111,443,1853. Twichtwighs.— S<'hiivler(1702), 

 ibid., IV, 979, 1854. Twichwiches.— Blocker (1701), 

 ibid., 918. Twicktwicks.— Albany conf. (1726), 

 ibid., V, 791, 1855. Twioktwigs.— Doc. of 1688, ibid., 



III, 565, 1853. Twictwees. — Crepv, map, ca. 1755. 

 Twictwicts.— Bellomont (1701) in N. Y. Doe. Col. 

 Hist., IV, 834, 1854. Twight.— Lattrt\ map, 1784 

 (error for Twightwees; the 'Miamis' are also 

 given as di.stinct). Twightees. — Hamilton (1750) 

 in N.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., vi,593,ls.55. Twighteeys.— 

 Johnson (1753), ibid., 779. Twighties, — Johnson 

 (1763), ibid., vii, 572, 1856. Twightwees.— Weiser 

 (1748) in Rupp, West. Pa.,app., 14, 1846. Twight- 

 wicks.— Jamison (1697) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 



IV, 294, 1854. Twightwies.— Lahontan (1703) in 

 Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 5, 6,1848. Twightwighs.— 

 Doc. of 1687 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., Iii, 431 1853. 

 Twightwis Roanu. — Dobbs, Hudson Bay, 27, 1744. 

 Twigtees.— Martin, N. C, ll, 62, IS'29. Twigth- 

 twees.— Dwight and Partridge in Mass. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., 1st s., V, 121, 1816. Twig-Twee.— Lindesav 

 (1751) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., Vl, 706, 1855. 

 Twigtwees. — Weiser (1748) in Rupp, West. Pa., 

 app., 15, 1846. Twigtwicks. — Cornbury (1708) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., V, 65, 18.55. Twigtwies.— 

 Lindesay (1749), ibid., vi, 538, 1S55. Twigtwig.— 

 Cortland (1687), ibid., iii, 434, 1853. Twiswicks,— 

 Dongan (1687), ibid. ,476. Twitchwees. — Hamilton 

 (1749), ibid., VI, 531,18.55. Twithuays.— Conf. of 

 1793 in Am. State Pap., Ind. Aff., i, 477, 1832. 

 Xwitwiheno"'. — Hewitt, Onondaga MS., B. A. E., 

 1888 (Onondaganame). TTtamis. — Barcia, Ensayo, 

 289, 1723 (misprint from Lahontan). Wa-ya-ta- 

 no'-ke.— Morgan, Consang. and Affin., 287, 1871. 

 Wemiamik. — Squier in Beach, Ind. Miscel., 34, 

 1877 ( = 'Beaver children '). 



Miami River. A Seminole settlement, 

 with ()3 inhabitants in 18S0, al)Oiit 10 m. 

 N. of the site of Ft Dallas, not far from 

 Biscayne bay, on Little Miami r., Dade 



I'o., Fla.— MacCauley in ,5th Rep. B. A. E., 

 478, 1887. 



Miantonomo. A noted chief of the Nar- 

 raganset, nephew of Canonicus. In 1632 

 he visited Boston and was received 

 by the governor. He was more than 

 once suspected of disloyalty to the Eng- 

 lish, but managed to clear himself when 

 summoned to Boston in 1636. He helped 

 the English against the Pequot the next 

 year and warred against the Mohegan. In 

 1638 he signed the tripartite agreement 

 between the English of Connecticut, the 

 Narraganset, and the Mohegan. He is said 

 to have been impressed by the preaching 

 of Roger Williams in 1()43. During 

 the years 1640-42 he was suspected of 

 treachery to the English, but again made 

 satisfactory explanations. In 1643 war 

 broke out between the Mohegan and the 

 Narraganset, and in a battle in which 

 the latter were defeated Miantonomo was 

 taken prisoner. He was delivered to the 

 English at Hartford, was tried at Boston 

 in September, 1643, by the Court of 

 Commissioners of the United Colonies 

 of New England, who, after referring the 

 matter to the convocation of the clergy, 

 which condemned him, sentenced him 

 to death at the hands of Uncas. This 

 sentence was barbarously executed by 

 Wawequa, the l)rother of Uncas, in the 

 presence of the latter. For this disgrace- 

 ful proceeding the Euglish authorities 

 were to blame, as otherwise Uncas would 

 never have taken his prisoner's life. 

 De Forest (Hist. Inds. of Conn., 

 198, 1852) takes a rather high view of 

 the character of Miantonomo, whom he 

 characterizes as "resi)ected and loved by 

 everyone who was not fearful of his 

 power." Theological bias against Roger 

 Williams and his Indian friends played 

 some part in the matter of his treatment 

 by the connnissioners. He was buried 

 where he fell, and the spot, on which a 

 monument was erected in 1841, has 

 since been known as Sachem's Plains. 

 Miantonomo is praised in Durfee's poem, 

 "What cheer." Nanantenoo was a son 

 of Miantonomo. (a. f. c. ) 



Miawkinaiykis ( ' big topknots ' ) . A di- 

 vision of the Piegan tribe of the Siksika. 

 Big Topknots. — Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 

 •209, 1892. Mi-aw'-kin-ai-yiks.— Ibid., 225. 



Mica. This durable and shoWy min- 

 eral was in very general u.se by the In- 

 dian tribes e. of the great plains, the 

 translucent variety known as muscovite 

 being most highly priced. It was mined 

 at many points in the Appalachian high- 

 land, from Georgia to St Lawrence r. 

 (see Mines and Quarries). It occurs also 

 in South Dakota, but it is not probable 

 that the mound-building tribes oljtained 

 it from this source. From the Eastern 

 highland it passed, by trade or other- 



