The Trail of Death

In 1838 a band of over 800 Potawatomi Indians were forcibly removed from their homeland in Northern Indiana and marched to Eastern Kansas. Many died along the trail during the two month trek. This mournful caravan traveled this road on ...

Potawatomi "Trail of Death"

Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838

On September 5, 1838, nearly 850 Potawatomi Indians marched single file through Rochester on the forced removal from Indiana to Western Territory (Kansas). Three chiefs were transported in a jail wagon: ...

Father Petit and the Potawatomi 'Trail of Death'

Rev. Benjamin Marie Petit, of the City of Rennes, France, arrived as the Catholic missionary to the Potawatomi Indians in northern Indiana in November 1837. By June 1838, he had learned much of their difficult language and their culture, and ...

Trail of Death

On September 11, 1838, about 850 Potawatomi Indians camped at Pleasant Run, having traveled 17 miles that day on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas.

Marker is at the intersection of County Route N 800 W and County Route W ...

Trail of Death

September 10, 1838

Here at Chief Winamac's old village, about 900 Potawatomi Indians camped on their forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. A child and a man died here during the encampment. They also left behind 24 too sick to continue.

Marker ...

Trail of Death

Site of the first death of an Indian child on forced removal of Potawatomies Sept. 5, 1838.

Marker is on Indiana Route 25 south of County Route E 400 S, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Potawatomi ‘Trail of Death’ Route

Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838

The 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe on this site was decisive, leading to the loss of their homelands and the removal of Indians from Indiana.

At Gunpoint, about 850 Potawatomi passed this location on ...

Potawatomi Trail of Death

On Sept. 29, 1838, 800 Potawatomi Indians marched through Springfield on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. Although many had died and they faced severe hardship, they were encouraged by Judge Polke and Chief I-o-weh to exhibit pride, so ...

Trail of Death

September 12, 1838

In 1838 some 800 Potawatomi Indians, being forcibly removed from Marshall County to Kansas, camped along this road, the LaGrange-Logansport State Road. On this “trail of death”, scores of Native Americans suffered and died. The mother of Chief ...

Trail of Death

September 13, 1838

Over 850 Potawatomi Indians camped here on the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Sept. 13, 1838, on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. There were 106 sick so two doctors were called in, Drs. Ritchie & ...