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General Tipton, along with 100 soldiers, arrived at the village and started the preparations(really just started pushing people out and burning homes) for the hike.
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Five days later, on September 4th, the march began with more than 850 Indians and a caravan of 26 wagons to help transport their goods.
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A baby died making it the first death. It died due to heat and lack of food and water.
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The Potawatomi crossed the Mississippi and entered Missouri.
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Father Petit(he was a young priest that assisted the tribe in helping them spiritually, by baptizing the sick and dieing) wrote a letter to a Baptist(that was not traveling the trail) about how awful the trave was.
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The Indians reached Kansas
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They made it to there destination
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Father Petit died due to sickness. He was a young priest that assisted the tribe in helping them spiritually.
