in 1867. Tacumwah was a political advisor to her son Peshewa, and sometimes spoke for him in the tribal council. She reportedly once put a knife into Peshewa's hand and told him to free a white captive whom other tribesmen were about to execute. In her later years, Tacumwah ran a successful trading post. Her son Peshewa inherited her business holdings when she died. Notes References Birzer, Bradley J. French Imperial remnants on the middle ground: The strange case of August de la Balme and Charles Beaubien. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Summer 2000. Edmunds, R. David. "Jean Baptiste Richardville". Encyclopedia of North American Indians, 549–550. Ed. Frederick E. Hoxie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. . Marrero, Karen. "'She is Capable of Doing a Good Deal of Mischief': A Miami Woman's Threat to Empire in the Eighteenth-Century Ohio Valley". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History Volume 6, Number 3, Winter 2005. External links Brief bio at Indiana State Parks website Miami people Native Americans in Indiana Female Native American leaders 18th-century women rulers Year of birth uncertain 1720 births 1790 deaths 18th-century Native American women 18th-century Native Americans 18th-century American businesswomen