Council Grove takes its name from the 1825 treaty council with the Osage that allowed the Santa Fe Trail to cross their lands. The Kaw Mission State Historic Site there tells the story of the Kanza (Kaw) people.
Warren's 1857 map marks the Osage country in southern Kansas. Which parts of the Santa Fe Trail do you think followed older Native routes?
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