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The White feather Spring is in the
In 1826,
at the dead end of Ruby Avenue near South 38th Street
/ref>). The grave of the Prophet, about seventy-five or a hundred yards to the northwest of his home, was not marked for around sixty years. An editor of the
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
section of Kansas City, Kansas
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. It is on private property
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. White Feather Spring gets its name from Susan White Feather, the first property owner after the Treaty of 1854
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land parcel
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Often it is represented gra ...
ing.
History
In 1826, Tenskwatawa
Tenskwatawa (also called Tenskatawa, Tenskwatawah, Tensquatawa or Lalawethika) (January 1775 – November 1836) was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as the Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was a ...
established a village at a site in modern Kansas City, Kansas. Tensquatawa, known as the ''Shawnee Prophet'', was the younger brother of the Shawnee
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...
war chief, Tecumseh
Tecumseh ( ; October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and ...
. Tensquatawa built Prophetstown near the present South 26th Street and Woodend Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. He later moved from there to White Feather Spring. He died here in November 1836 (located in the Argentine, Kansas
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; the White Feather Spring marker notes the locationThe Marker standat the dead end of Ruby Avenue near South 38th Street
/ref>). The grave of the Prophet, about seventy-five or a hundred yards to the northwest of his home, was not marked for around sixty years. An editor of the
Kansas City Sun
The ''Kansas City Sun'' was a newspaper for the African American community in Kansas City, Missouri. A weekly, it was published from 1908 until 1924.
History
The Sun was one of the city's three weeklies serving the Black community in the city in ...
, E. F. Heisler, in 1897 went to the Indian Territory and got Charles Bluejacket, who had been present at the Prophet's burial when he was 20 yrs. old, to locate the grave. He located the natural spring
A spring is a point of exit at which groundwater from an aquifer flows out on top of Earth's crust (pedosphere) and becomes surface water. It is a component of the hydrosphere. Springs have long been important for humans as a source of fresh w ...
, that still flows today, where the Prophets home was and told those present where the Prophet's grave was. A temporary marker was placed but later removed. No permanent marker was put down and the exact grave location today is not known.
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