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Native Americans
Andrew Jackson wanted to remove all Native Americans. -
Indian removal Act
The Indian Removal act was passed to remove all Native Americans. -
Governors Note
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 Potawatomies on Yellow River were in arms and an outbreak was expected at any moment. This message reached Governor Wallace on the next day. -
Start
1838, more than 850 Potawatomi were gathered at gunpoint by mounted Indiana militia and forcibly marched more than 600 miles from their northern Indiana homes to Osawatomie, Kansas. Around forty people, mostly children, died on this two-month march. -
Trail of Death
During the 2 month journey, 42 Native Americans died. -
Trail of Death
The March begna on September 4, 1838. The Potowamonee Indians were forcebly removed from Northern Indian to reservations in the great plains. The name trail of death is misleading because not nearly as many died on the trail of death as the trail of tears. -
Teh Mississippi
10 the Potawatomi crossed the Mississippi on steam ferry boats and entered Missouri.It took the Potawatomi almost a month to traverse Missouri, which required crossing the Missouri River. -
Kansas
The Indians touched Kansas soil on November 2 -
Finished
They finally reached their final destination of Osawatomie, Kansas.They had traveled around 660 miles in two months.The harsh journey took its toll. Of the more than 850 Potawatomi who set out from Indiana, around forty of them died