 Chief Schemager signed his ex on several peace treaties, but before long, the federal government ordered his tribe to a reservation in Kansas. Despite the relocation, Old Soldier was able to visit Urbana several times after that, sometimes with friends and sometimes with his whole family. Old Soldier Schemager lived to a ripe old age of about 85. His body was buried in the Pioneer and Indian Cemetery, after which Pottawatomie Braves cut a path through the grass to the Boneyard Creek