Miamis

There is a game played by the Miamis, which is called the _game of straws_.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

The Shawnees are sending war belts to them, because the Miamis are a powerful tribe and have many warriors.

The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky 1890

Word arrived the following winter that the Miamis had concluded an alliance with the French, and in the spring of 1753 it became known that the French were building forts in the Ohio Country.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

They assumed the English were behind every revolt against the French, but Pickawillany represented conflicts between the Miamis and other nations.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

This drove all English traders out of the territory, terrorized the Pennsylvania frontier, and forced the Miamis to return to the Iroquois fold.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

A delegation of Miamis presented two English scalps as tokens of their good faith.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

During this distraction, two of the surrendered traders escaped into the woods, along with a few Miamis.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

The Miamis had scalped two soldiers, the Piankashaws had killed seven Frenchmen, and reliable sources said that the nations of the Wabash and Illinois valleys would join the Osages in an uprising.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

He and Croghan had firmed up alliances with the Miamis and tentatively the Shawnees, but the Delawares still bore old grudges against the Pennsylvanians and the Iroquois.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Fourteen Miamis went down before gunfire and slashing blades, among them Memeskia.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011