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HISTORY LESSON!
Before the arrival of Chief Abram B. Burnett of the Potawatomis, this large mound was originally called Webster's Mound and possibly once known as Knox's Mound.
There has been many stories surrounding the mystical Burnett's Mound. Wis-Ki-Ge-Amatyuk, a holy man of the Potawatomi tribe, had told the story of the Burnett Mound and the origin of its legend. In his story, he tells that long ago a quick moving tornado swept harshly across the prairies, killing and injuring many of his people.
It was asked that the Great Spirit of life watch over and bless the large mound with the ability to stop the powerful spinning winds. It was asked that the mound protect the people of the land and watch over the dead that had been laid to rest upon her shadow. Protected, the people of the Kansas valley will be, only by respecting and leaving the resting place of the dead undisturbed.
In 1960, Chief Burnett's mound was disturbed with construction at its base for an interstate bypass. Upon Burnett's Mound itself, it was cut into at the top of its north side, perfectly visual for all Topekans to view as its desecration continued to fit a 5 million gallon steel drum reservoir water tank. In the following years, building began to slowly progress around Burnett's Mound. At 6:55PM on June 8, 1966, a tornado of immense power struck the city of Topeka, destroying all within its path.
Excert from: http://www.wiskigeamatyuk.com/Burnett_Mound_Story.html