 The French built Fort Miamis in the Miami town of "Kekionga" (modern-day Fort Wayne, Indiana).France assigned Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, as the first agent to the Miami at Kekionga.In 1717, François-Marie Picoté de Belestre established the post of "Fort Ouiatenon" (southwest of modern-day West Lafayette, Indiana) to discourage the Wea from coming under British influence.