On the trek from OH to IL, the wagon train went through Yeddo, INwher e they stopped to visit relatives. While there Polly became illand di ed.
She was buried along the road side, hiding the grave by building afire u pon it and moving the wagons near it so Indians would think ithad been a c ampfire and would not dig for trinkets. They thenscattered ashes abou t to ward off wild animals that might alsodesecrate the grave. The si te was marked with stones and the planwas to move her once settled in I L but upon returning, her fathercould not find the grave.
