In 1843, the Wyandots were forced to leave Ohio. Prior to moving to Kansas, the Wyandots sent out three scouting parties to appraise land in the Kansas-Missouri area. It was decided that the tribe would purchase land from the Shawnee. That land is today Westport and the Country Club Plaza.

The Wyandots traveled to the Kansas City area from Cincinnati Ohio aboard 2 ferries, one piloted by “an abusive bigot’. When they arrived in Kansas City, the sale of the land was held up by the Indian agent in the area. With no land on which to settle, the Wyandots were placed on government land which is today the old stockyards. On December 23, 1843, the Wyandots purchased thirty-six sections of land from the Delaware Indians for $46,080. They were given additional three sections by the Delaware in appreciation for the land we gave to them in Ohio. The Spring of 1844 was warm and dry until May, when it began to rain. Rain continued for six weeks, falling every day. The result is that the Kaw River rose so high that what is now Kansas City, Kansas, and west Kansas City, Missouri was covered with fourteen feet of water. 100 out of 700 Wyandots died. These were the first burials at Huron Indian Cemetery in Kansas City Kansas.

The town of Wyandott was established on what is today downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The names of prominent Wyandots still mark the streets: Armstrong, Tauromee, Splitlog, Clark. In 1855, when the Wyandots became citizens of the U.S., the Wyandot purchase was divided between the tribal members into 80 acre lots, However some received less.

In 1856, 13 tribal members put together their 80 acre allotments to form the town of Quindaro, which was the first free port on the Missouri river. The town’s name was chosen to honor Nancy Quindaro Guthrie. Quindaro is a Wyandot word which has been Interpreted as “Strength in Unity.”