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Ending of The War of 1812
After the War of 1812 was when white men started to decide to get rid of the Native Americans. They wanted the Indians to become more civilized but the white men were not ready for it. -
Indiana became a state
There was mostly Potawatomi Native Americnans in Indiana at this time, the people expected the court to get rid of the Indians. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson, created the Indian Removal Act. He made this act because he wanted the land to start building their new state, They were eagar to get a big start to the start and the Indians were just a obstacle in the way. -
Treaty of Yellow River
In the Treaty of Yellow River, the federal soldiers got tribe leaders to sign a treaty about their land. But really they were just tricking the Native Americans to move out west later after they signed the treaty. -
Trail of Death Starts
This date was when the Trail of Death begun, the Federal Soldiers set fire to the Native American villages and forced them out to move west. -
The Trail of Death, time to move deadline.
This date was when the Indians were being forced to move, they had to start from this date and travel for two months. -
Potawatomi crossed the Mississipi
The Potawatomi on ferrry boats and they finally entered Missouri It took them nearly 2 months to travel through Missouri. It was also a struggle because they had to cross the Missouri River -
Final Destination
The Potawatomi finally got to their final location in Kansas. They have traveled around 660 miles in two months.
