OSAGE WAR - 1837
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N 37° 10.569 W 094° 18.644
15S E 383642 N 4115217
Osage War in Carthage, Missouri
Waymark Code: WM5NWM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member muddawber
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Osage War, 1837

The Osage War in southwestern Missouri occurred when the last remaining Osage Indians refused to move west in 1837. Militia units drove hunting parties of the Osage, Shawnee, and Delaware into Kansas and Arkansas, ending the tribes hunting expeditions into Missouri.

MARKER TEXT

Osage War
Autumn 1837
Osage forced from this Region by State Militia

Donated by
Jasper County Historical Society
Roy Mayes Jr.
1991

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