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As more joined Menominee, the numbers for his band grew. It went from 4 to 100 from the year of 1821 to the year of 1838.
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The Indian Removal Act was created by Andrew Jackson and passed by the Federal Government.
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Negotiations with Potawatomi made them move from their lands in Indiana to the lands in Kansas.
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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.
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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.
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Where forced away from their home (near plymouth, Indiana) and had to march 660 miles.
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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.
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42 Indians died, they were mostly children. Many of them died from typhoid fever
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By the time they arrived in Osawatomie, Kansas there were only 756 of the tribe members that made it through the journey.
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A priest that accompanied them on their journey, wrote a letter to Bishop Simon Brute, describing the journey.
