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Mejineca Miami
d.Bet 1839 and 1891
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Name Mejineca Miami
Unknown Miami Mejineca
Unknown Minjenickeaw Miami
Unknown Miami Minjenickeaw
Alt Name[4] Majenica Miami
Unknown Me-cha-ne-qua Miami
Unknown[4] Meehciniikia Miami
Unknown[4] Metchiniquea _____
Unknown[4] The Big Miami _____
Unknown[3] Magenica _____
Unknown[3] Gros-Mis Miami
Gender Male
Birth[10] Est 1805 Indiana, United States
Residence[5] 1826 Indiana, United States
Residence[3] 1838 Huntington, Indiana, United States
Residence[6] 1839 Indiana, United States
Residence[1][2] Huntington, Indiana, United Stateswestern part of Huntington county
Death[9] Bet 1839 and 1891 not sure if he was forced to leave Indiana or not
Nationality[3][4] Miami/Myaamia
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References
  1. Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana)21 Jan 1916, FriPage 12.

    Thad Butler's Indian History...

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    History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana
    Front Cover
    Walsworth Publishing Company, 1887

    Google Books

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 .

    Persons mentioned in the Treaty of 6 November 1838 between the Miami and the United States of America

    https://accessgenealogy.com/indiana/treaty-of-november-6-1838.htm
    https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Treaties/TreatyWithTheMiami1838.html
    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.IT1838no234
    https://cdn.citl.illinois.edu/courses/aiiopcmpss/MiamiCase/1838Nov6.htm
    http://resources.utulsa.edu/law/classes/rice/Treaties/07_Stat_582_Miami.htm
    The Miami:
    Al-lo-lah
    Aw-koo-te-aw
    Beaver [Mack quah]
    Black Loon
    La Blonde
    Cha-pine
    Ching-guaw-ke-aw
    Deaf Man’s daughter, O-zah-shin-quah [Deaf Man = Shepoconah]
    Deaf Man’s daughter, the wife of Bronilette [Deaf Man = Shepoconah][Daughter’s name was Kekenakushwa or Cut Finger] [husband = Rev. Jean Baptiste Brouillette / John B. Bruette]
    Duck
    La Fountain [same as To-pe-yaw? Topia Francis Lafontaine?]
    Godfroy alias Kee-ki-lash-e-we-ah
    Francis Godfroy
    Po-qua Godfroy
    Catherine Godfroy, daughter of Francis Godfroy and her children
    Peter Gouin
    Kaw-tah-maung-guaw, same as Kah-tah-mong-quah
    Kah-wah-zay / Ko-was-see
    Ke-mo-te-aw
    Kil-so-aw
    Me-shing-go-me-jaw [Meshingomesia / Mesh-ing-o-me-sha]

    Me-to-sin-ia (band of Me-to-sin-ia) [Me-to-Cin-Yah / Me-to-se-ne-a / Metocinyah / Me-tocin-yah / Me-Shing-O-Me-Sia, father of Meshingomesia]


    Mac-quaw-ko-naung
    Mais-zi-quah
    Mais-shil-gouin-mi-zah
    Maw-yauc-que-yaw
    Me-cha-ne-qua , alias Gros-mis
    Minjenickeaw
    Mong-go-sah, same as Mon-go-sah, son of La Blonde

    Nac-kaw-guaung-gaw
    Nac-kon-zaw same as Ne-kon-zaw same as Ni-con-zah
    Ne-we-lang-guaung-gaw
    Neh-wah-ling-quah
    O-san-di ah, same as O-zan-de-ah
    Paw-lawn-zo-aw
    Pe-she-wah [If J. B. Richardville is the same person as Pe-she-wah, then why are both of them listed in this treaty? Is there as different man also known as Pe-she-wah which is sometimes translated as Wildcat?]
    Pe-waw-pe-yaw
    she being commonly known as Pichoux’s sister, the wife of Benjamin, Ah-mac-kon-zee-quah.
    John B. Richardville [Sr.] [If J. B. Richardville is the same person as Pe-she-wah, then why are both of them listed in this treaty? Is there as different man also known as Pe-she-wah which is sometimes translated as Wildcat?]
    John B. Richardville, jr.
    Susan Richardville’s son, Kah-tah-mong-quah same as Kaw-tah-maung-guaw
    Seek
    Tah-ko-nong.
    Taw-we-ke-juc
    To-pe-yaw [Topia Francis Lafontaine / La Fountain?]

    Tow-wah-keo-shee, wife of Old Pish-a-wa [Tau-cum-wa / Tah-kum-wah]
    Wah-pi-pin-cha
    Waw-pa-pin-shaw [maybe Black Raccoon / Wappapinsha / George Hunt?]
    Waw-pe-maung-guaw
    Waw-paw-ko-se-aw
    White Loon
    White Raccoon
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    The United States:
    John T. Douglass Sub-Agent
    J. B. Duret
    Allen Hamilton Secretary to Commissioner
    Wm. Hulbert Indian Agent
    H. Lasselle
    Commissioner Abel C. Pepper
    Danl. D. Pratt Assistant Secretary to Commissioner

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 .

    https://mc.miamioh.edu/aacimwahkionkonci/people/319
    Miami Tribe of Oklahoma | 3410 P Street | Miami, OK 74355 | 513-529-5648
    Person: Myaamia Name: Meehciniikia
    Alias: Majenica, Metchiniquea, Magenica, "The Big Miami"
    married Waapankiihkwa

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    "On May 25, 1839, Indian Sub-Agent Samuel Milroy wrote to Majenica, Palaanswa, and Oonseentia"
    https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/05/07/removal-the-treaty-of-1840/ Removal – the Treaty of 1840 Posted by DIANE HUNTER on MAY 7, 2021

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    https://lylaspath.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/memories-of-majenica/ Majenica was originally called Kelso, but was later renamed for a Miami chief. A 1967 Indiana Magazine of History article stated that Chief Majenica was a prominent man with a commanding influence and strong will. Frank Bash: History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majenica,_Indiana Majenica is an unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

    History
    Majenica was the name of an Indian chief.[3]

    Geography
    Majenica is located at 40°46′12″N 85°27′12″W.

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    Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana)28 Nov 1891, SatPage 4 article mentions Chief Majenica's ancestral farm

  10. National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, Indiana)22 Sep 1966, Thu Page 3 article: Into the Land of the Setting Sun.

    No exact date is given but this article says that Majenica was a young man when Shepoconah was "aging". https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Shepoconah_Miami_%281%29 (Shepoconah lived about 1770-1832)