Chief Jean Baptiste de Richardville, also known as Peshewa ("Wildcat") and Joseph Richardville 1761(?) to 1841 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 Richardville and the Miami princess Tacumwah.
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.
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