On October 13, 1838, about 800 Potawatomi Indians camped at Clinton, Missouri (North Fork) during the forced removal from Indiana to Oklahoma after traveling 17 miles from See's Creek. Chief Ash-Kum asked that Gen. A. Morgan not leave the emigration because of promises he had made the Indians, and also requested that they travel less and remain in camp longer. Chief I-O-Weh said Ash-Kum was not a chief and that he wanted Judge Polke to be conductor. Polke said he had been conductor all along, and Morgan departed for home.