Jean Baptiste de Richardville, also known as Pinšiwa or Peshewa in the Miami-Illinois language or John Richardville in English, was the last akima 'civil chief' of the Miami people. He began his caree
Richardville's grave at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne
Richardville House in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Chief Richardville house, ca. 2008, at Huntington, Indiana
Indian removals in Indiana followed a series of the land cession treaties made between 1795 and 1846 that led to the removal of most of the native tribes from Indiana. Some of the removals occurred pr
At Vincennes in 1810, Tecumseh threatens William Henry Harrison when he refuses to rescind the Treaty of Fort Wayne.
Area of the northern boundary of land cession, west of Delphi, Indiana
Treaty of Penn with Indians by Benjamin West