About 1747, the British encouraged the Miami at Kekionga to leave French influence for British protection and cheaper trade goods at Pickawillany, the British post near Piqua, Ohio. Osandish, Metocinyah's grandfather, died shortly after leading his band to the British. It is believed that his son, Aw-Taw-Waw-Taw, did not return to Kekionga after the destruction of Pickawillany but instead took his band to Jocinah Creek in 1752. Under Metocinyah, the village was destroyed by Campbell's troops in the Mississinewa Expedition of 1812, and when cabins were rebuilt strung out along Jocinah Creek and the burying ground lay just downstream from its mouth, it lost most of its former importance. Meshingomesia was born here in 1782.