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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.
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The law of May 28, 1830 gave any tribe permission to trade land for the land beyond the Mississippi River.
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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.
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During the summer of 1833 Indians were being gathered along the Eel River to move west.
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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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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.