Category:Trail of Death (500 N) Tippecanoe County, Ind

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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 We-wiss-sa, said to be over 100 years old, died near here on September 12, 1838. Erected by Tippecanoe County Historical Assn. 1988

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