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Make Indians Civilized
Congress began to try and christianize Native Americans. A law of that year gave the President power to use $10,000 to pay the tuition of Indian children enrolled in mission schools. -
Trading Land
The law of May 28, 1830 gave any tribe permission to trade land for the land beyond the Mississippi River. -
Black Hawk War
The Sauk and Fox Indians fought relocation under the rule of Black Hawk. This resulted in the death of many warriors from both tribes. Black Hawk himself died when the military took down his warriors. -
Time to Move Out
During the summer of 1833 Indians were being gathered along the Eel River to move west. -
Keep Moving
Most had migrated to their new lands in Kansas, while Chief Menominee and his bands stayed at the Twin Lakes Village. More people that wanted to stay at their homeland had joined his band and stayed. -
Leaving
Where forced away from their home (near plymouth, Indiana) and had to march 660 miles. -
The March Begins
General Tipton and 100 of his soldiers arrived at the Village, they rounded up the band and started to burn down their crops along with their houses and homes. -
Marching
42 Indians died, they were mostly children. Many of them died from typhoid fever -
We Arrived
By the time they arrived in Osawatomie, Kansas there were only 756 of the tribe members that made it through the journey.