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Chief Burnett Gravesite

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Above: Headstone of Chief Abram B. Burnett who died June 14, 1870.

Burnett's Mound, Topeka, Kansas.

(Photos taken by Carol Yoho of Kansas Historical Society and Washburn University)

(Above photo from Kansas State Historical Society. Copy and reuse restrictions apply.)

Above is Chief Abram B. Burnett (Nan-Wesh-Mah/He Who Prays With Plants). A chief of the Potawatomis who were relocated to Kansas by the United States government September 4, 1838.

Above Photos: Headstone of Chief Abram B. Burnett at Burnett's Mound in Topeka, KS and panoramic photo of the gravesite surroundings.

(Photos taken by Carol Yoho of Kansas Historical Society and Washburn University)

Above and below: Photos taken around the gravesite of Chief Abram B. Burnett

(Photos taken by Carol Yoho of Kansas Historical Society and Washburn University)

Above: Lee P. Burnett at the gravesite of his grandfather, Chief Abram B. Burnett, in Topeka, KS.

Below: Picture of the tornado going over Burnett's Mound at the water tower location.

Below: Photos of the top of Burnett's Mound

Below: Pictures of the base of Burnett's Mound when they began construction of the water tower in 1961.

Below: The Kansas obituary of Chief Abram B. Burnett, released on June 15, 1870.

Below: The Indiana obituary of Chief Abram B. Burnett, released exactly 15 days after his death on June 29, 1870 as news back in those days traveled much slower than today's modern times.