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Traders were allowed in tribal areas
In 1822 the system of registering traders with the Indiana government was abolished and a horde of irresponsible and depraved traders were allowed into the tribal areas of local Indians. These traders carried whiskey to the tribe and traded it for furs. They are, basically, categorized as petty thieves. -
Law of May 28, 1830
The law of May 28, 1830, permitted any tribe that cared to, to trade its land for lands beyond the Mississippi River. -
Law of July 9, 1832
The law of July 9, 1832, which provided for a complete reorganization of the Indian service, also appropriated $20,000 to hold councils among the Indian tribes in order to induce them to migrate beyond the Mississippi. -
Starting to Move
During the summer of 1833, and later, agents were busy along the upper Wabash and on the Eel River gathering up parties of Indians and transporting them to the West. -
Colonel Pepper
Colonel Pepper called all the warriors together in council at Twin Lakes on August 29, 1838. He could do nothing with them, however. The old men had lost control of the young warriors of their tribe. All flatly refused to leave, saying that both they and the President had been deceived. While they were sitting in council, John Tipton and his militia arrived. The government’s agents had been preparing all summer for the removal of the tribe, but, perhaps, would not have been done until the cool -
Militia Left
Tipton lost no time in enrolling the militia. They left Logansport at 1 p.m. August 29. At 10 p.m., they went into camp at Chippewa. Breaking camp at 3 a.m., they reached Twin Lakes and found Colonel Pepper and the Indians in council. -
Militia
As soon as Colonel Pepper of Logansport had heard of the first Indian refusal to move-and he heard as soon as a courier from the squatters could reach him, August 26, 1838-he at once sent a dispatch by mounted courier to Governor David Wallace asking for a good general and at least one hundred soldiers. He reported that the Pottawatomies on Yellow River were in arms and an outbreak was expected at any moment. This message reached Governor Wallace on the next day. The same day he received word th
