Signage Shawnee Indian Cemetery
The area adjacent to the cemetery was known as gum springs due to the many springs and adjacent gum trees.
Grave of Joseph Parks (the first elected of the Shawnee Tribe). Died 1853
The treaty of 1854 between the Shawnee Indians and the U.S. government set aside 5 acres for the cemetery and a log church.
Charles Silver heels born 1814; died 1864. Died Leavenworth Kansas Buried Shawnee, Kamsas
In 1854 the Shawnee Council and tribal members met to discus met to discus a proposed treaty permitting the opening of the Kansas territory for white settlement.
Only Shawnee and their kin are buried in the cemetery, many in unmarked graves.
Margaret F. Painter, Wife of David Painter
Multiple Grave Stones
Today only one half acre remains of the original cemetery. Majority of the graves are not marked.
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