Over 850 Potawatomi Indians camped here on the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, on September 13, 1838, during their forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. There were 106 sick, so two doctors, Drs. Ritchie and son, were called in. Sanford Cox later wrote in Old Settlers that tears fell from the cheek of the downcast warrior, old men trembled, matrons wept, the swarthy maiden’s cheek turned pale, and the scene was sad as a funeral procession.
