Jean Baptiste Richardville

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Jean Baptiste de Richardville (c. 1761–1841), also known as Peshewa ("Wildcat") and Joseph Richardville, was the last chief of a united Miami tribe.

He was born in the village of Kekionga, present day Fort Wayne, Indiana, to a French merchant named Joseph Drouet de Richerville and Tacumwah, sister of the Miami chief Pacanne.

After signing the Treaty of Mississinwas, Richardville lived in the Richardville House, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the building of which, at federal expense, was a stipulation of the treaty.

[edit] References

  • Edmunds, R. David. "Jean Baptiste Richardville". Encyclopedia of North American Indians, 549–550. Ed. Frederick E. Hoxie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-66921-9.


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