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Indiana becames a state
Indiana becames a state and America needes land. -
Andrew Jackson signed the indian removal act.
In this act it allowed states to force th indians west of the missisippi river. -
The Indiana Potawatomi signed treaties
The Indiana Potawatomi signed nine treaties in 1836, loosing their remaining land in Indiana to America. -
The Treaty of the Yellow River
Three of the chiefs that signed it gave up most of the land that they had left. -
Last day to leave.
It was the deadline for the Potawatomi to leave their land. -
Military starts to move the Potawatomi tribe
September 4, 1838, militiarey forced 859 Potawatomi at gunpoint to leave northern Indiana for Kansas. -
They crossed the mississipi
The tribe finally crosed the mississippi -
The made it to Osawatomie, Kansas.
The Indians reached Kansas on November 2 and reached their new home on November 4, 1838.