MIAMI  , a tribe of

North American Indians of Algonquian stock . The English called them Twightwees, a corruption of the native name, which meant the cry of the crane . They were first found in south-eastern Wisconsin, and in 1764 numbered about 1750 . Their civilization was advanced and they lived in stockaded towns . They took part in Pontiac's conspiracy in 1764 and in the American War of Independence and American War of 1812 they fought on the English side . At the close of this war they were greatly reduced in numbers . A few Miami still live on a reservation in Oklahoma and in Wabash county, Indiana .