From the forgotten history of 1830s Indiana, John William McMullen
unearths the true story of Benjamin Petit, a French Attorney turned
missionary priest, and his mission to the Potawatomi People in the
Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana. Under the urging of the saintly
Bishop Simon Brut, Petit joined the northern Indiana Potawatomi
tribes in 1837, a year before their forced removal west. McMullen
retells the incredible journey of Petit who traveled with the
Potawatomi People and became part of their history. "The
deportation of Chief Menominee and his tribe of Potawatomi Indians
from their reservation at Twin Lakes in Marshall County, in
September, 1838, is one of the darkest pages in the history of
Indiana. The farther in time we get away from this event the
clearer this will appear and the more interest will be attached to
the route which is consecrated by the blood of that helpless people
at the hands of a civilized and Christian state: The Potawatomi
Trail. "Of all the names connected with this crime, there is one,
Father Benjamin Petit, the Christian martyr, which stands like a
star in the firmament, growing brighter and it will shine on
through for ages to come." - Benjamin Stuart, Indiana journalist,
early 20th century "For American Indians the scars of injustice
inflicted upon them in the past are deep, painful, and, tragically,
are inherited from one generation to the next. Those injustices
have become ghosts in the cultural memory of a people crying out
for justice. We must fully disclose the past in order to deal with
the many years and generations of unresolved grief and distrust."
-Thomas Hamilton, member of Citizen Potawatomi Nation. John William
McMullen resides in Evansville, Indiana with his wife and children
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