Miami Indians


A tribe of the Algonquian family, belonging chiefly to

what is now Wisconsin, where the French first came in contact with them

in 1690. After 1700 many removed to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and

adjoining territory. In the colonial wars they fought indifferently on

both sides. In 1812 they served under Tecumseh with the British against

the Americans. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Dorchester's speech to, 282. =Bib.=: Hodge,

Handbook of American Indians.



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