| Show SHAFT TO MEMORY OF INDIANS Monument Erected as Tribute to Pot Pot- Unveiled Near Plymouth Ind md Plymouth Ind The Tho seventy-first seventy anniversary of the removal of Chief Menominee and his band of or Potta Potta- from Marshall county Indiana In In- diana was marked by the unveiling of the first m monument ever erected to toan toan toan an Indian through state or federal ap The shaft is at Twin Lakes fi five miles from Plymouth and Is in memory mem memo ory to the aborigines that once held the Hoosier hunting grounds The Tha ceremonies were witnessed by hun hun- The granite w was s unveiled by Miss Julia Pokagon of Hartford Hart Hart- ford Mich a granddaughter of the famous chief Pokagon who died not long ago The monument to the memory of the Indians is the result result re re- re- re sult suit of ot consistent wor work Ion on the part Potta Monument of Daniel McDonald 1 of Plymouth who as a member of the Indiana legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture in 1907 s secured cured an appropriation of t 2500 for the purpose purpose The site is one of the beauty spots of nature It is near where the old Indian chapel was built under the direction direction di die of Father Baden in which Menominee and his band who had embraced Christianity worshiped for many years The monument was cut from rom Vermont nt granite The pedestal pedestals I Is s ten tOn feet reet high surmounted by the statue of an Indian seven feet high in native costume It is near the center of the Menominee reservation The st story r which leads up to the monuments monument's erection is briefly told In n 1832 a treaty was made with some Indian chiefs by which th they thOy y ceded heir their lands to the tle United States for and agreed to remove to Indian Indian In In- dian dlan Territory within two Y years ars Menominee e i refused fused t To sign this treaty Dr or release his land to the government When the Indians who wh had had signed the treaty were r ready ady t to remove another attempt was made td to get the Menominee nee lands A council was called at Twin Lakes ind md after considerable ble discussion Col Pepper the Indian agent told Chief Menominee that he would have to release release re- re lease ease his lands and remove peaceably or lr be forcibly evicted Then Menominee nee arose dr drew w his blanket around aroundhim him him lini and with dignity and eloquence that hat would would- have done honor to famous Chief Logan rebuked th the white man manfor manfor for usurping the country The council coun coun- cil n adjourned without result Later the Indians were accused of molesting the white men They were surrounded by tile the military a and d forcibly forcibly forcibly for for- evicted It was waSa a sad scene The village was wrecked Mass was sung in the little chapel by Fath Father r Baden the first C Catholic priest ordained or or- flamed in Indiana On September 4 1838 the procession sion slon started south Many Indians fell ill The soldiers were unsuccessful and finally withdrew in favor of tile the priest Fath Father er Baden fulfilled hl his mission mis mis- slon sion and his hs' journey but buton his reo re- re turn he died His body now lies at Notre Notie Dame |
