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Last name Rusheville
Display name Pinšiwa
Other names Russiaville;Jean Baptist de Richardville;Joseph Richardville
Birth date c. 1761
Death date 1841-08-13
Birth place fwayn
Gender m
Affiliations Miami indians
Bio notes Last civil chief of the Miami people. Signed the Treaty of Greenville and later treaties with the United States. By the end of his life he was considered the wealthiest man in Indiana. Visited BYM Indian Committee in 1808.

Mentioned in:

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815

A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804