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At this point, the Miami and the Potawatomi were the most numerous tribes in this area.
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Many people in Indiana did not disagree because they wanted to settle the new land.
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Three of the chiefs that signed it gave up most of the land on the parcel that included Chief Menominee reservation a few miles north of Rochester, Indiana. Conspicuously, Menominee signature is absent from the treaty.
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Indiana Potawatomi signed nine treaties, ceding their remaining reservations in Indiana to the United States. They were then paid one dollar an acre and gave them two years to move west of the Mississippi.
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The Potawatomi have to to vacate their land if they haven't already.
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There were more than 850 Potawatomi under armed guard. The rebellious chiefs were confined to a cage-like wagon with bars.
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The death was a baby. It was the first of many deaths that would occur.
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The Potawatomi crossed the Mississippi on steam ferry boats and entered Missouri. It took them almost a month to get across Missouri, which required crossing the Missouri River.
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The Potawatomi reach their final destination of Osawatomie, Kansas. They had traveled around 660 miles in only 2 months.
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A life-sized statue is made in honour of Chief Menominee at Twin Lakes, southeast of Plymouth, Indiana, near the site of his old village.
