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.
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Osage War
Autumn 1837
Osage forced from this Region by State Militia
Donated by
Jasper County Historical Society
Roy Mayes Jr.
1991