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I took this while on the boat at the Dells.
Black Hawk (Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak)A Sauk Leader.
From Wisconsin Historical Society
1830, spring: Black Hawk's band, which had never recognized the Treaty of St. Louis, returned to Saukenuk to plant their crops in the spring as usual and found it almost completely occupied by white squatters.
1831, spring: Black Hawk's band returned again to Saukenuk to plant corn. Troops and militia were called out, and at a council in June the Indians were told they could leave voluntarily or at the point of a bayonet. On June 26, U.S. troops attacked Saukenuk ar dawn but found the Indians already departed.
1831, autumn: Neapope, Black Hawk's chief advisor and leading warrior returned from Canada and a nearby Ho-Chunk village. He told Black Hawk that the British, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Ho-Chunk would all support the Sauk if they made a stand at Saukenuk.
1832, April 5-6: Black Hawk's band crossed the Mississippi near the mouth of the Des Moines River (at the Iowa-Missouri border). It moved north up the Illinois shore, intending to make a stand at Saukenuk.
1832, April 24: U.S. officers sent emissaries to Black Hawk's band giving them one last chance to withdraw across the Mississippi, but it was rejected. Black Hawk, at the village of the Winnebago Prophet, a few miles up the Rock River, learned that most of the Ho-Chunk would not, in fact, support him.
1832, May 10: U.S. troops and militia started in pursuit, burning a Ho-Chunk village a few miles upriver from Saukenuk and reaching Dixon's Ferry, Ill. Black Hawk's band had moved 25 miles further upriver, to the mouth of the Kishwaukee. There Black Hawk learned that the Potawatomi would not support him either, and that no British allies were coming.
1832, May 13: Battle of Stillman's Run. About 10 miles southwest of modern Rockford, Ill., militia camped close behind the Sauk. Black Hawk sent three emissaries under a white flag of truce to invite the militia leader to meet and discuss a surrender. Despite the white flag, the troops attacked, killing one of the emissaries and charging the Sauk camp. In the ensuing battle, 40 Sauk warriors repulsed 275 militia, who fled in fear and confusion.
1832, May 14-20: Convinced that the whites would not obey the conventions of warfare and fearing extermination, Black Hawk's band went up the Kishwaukie River south of modern Rockford. Two sympathetic Ho-Chunk Indians offered to guide them up the Rock River into Wisconsin.
1832, early July: The Sauk and their allies had run out of food and begun to starve. Many elders and children would die of starvation, exhaustion, and exposure before the war's final military engagement 30 days later.
1832, Aug. 1: Black Hawk's band reached the Mississippi at the mouth of the Bad Axe River, in modern Vernon County between Prairie du Chien and LaCrosse. While they were preparing to cross, the steamboat Warrior appeared. Ignoring their white flag of truce, its captain fired cannon indiscriminately at the Sauk, killing 23. Black Hawk and his closest supporters decided to continue upriver but most of the Indians preferred to attempt to cross the Mississippi the next morning.
1832, Aug. 2: Massacre at Bad Axe. Overnight, U.S. troops caught up with the Sauk and charged them at dawn from the bluffs, firing indiscriminately at warriors, women, children, and the elderly. The steamboat Warrior returned to the scene about 10:00 a.m,, firing its cannon at the Indians who vainly sought cover on the riverbank and the islands until by noon only a small number were left alive. About 90 Sauk made it across the Mississippi, where 68 were killed by the Sioux (allied with the U.S.).
1832, Aug.: Ho-Chunk warriors One-eyed Decorah and Chaetar caught Black Hawk at Wisconsin Dells and turned him over to authorities a few days later.
Comments (30)
MagikUnicorn
UNIQUE SHOT & INFO
elfin12u
Wow!! Awesome tutorial to go with this sweetie, glad to see you're up to playing teacher again. Great capture of this unique formation.
kimariehere
great find and capture how interesting !
auntietk
An excellent history lesson, and a great image. Nicely done!
stick
Great picture and thanks for the history lesson. You learn something new here all the time.
NefariousDrO
Nice photo, the rocks are fantastic. Nice synopsis of one of the darker parts of our nation's history. Not that many people are willing to acknowledge the ethnic cleansing in our own past, eh?
clbsmiley
Very well posted and written... interesting and informative.. excellent cliff shot.
NoobasaurUS
Wonderful composition and pov...excellent clarity!!!!! Well researched and fascinating history. Those indians join a long, long line of people who definitely got the shaft. Makes me wonder about the phrase "the meek shall inherit the earth." Deep and moving piece!!!! Excellent work!!!
goodoleboy
Stellar craggy and sharply defined image with a highly detailed narrative on display here, Cheri! And, by the title, I thought you were meant the famed helicopter.
monjo71
Very cool shot. Well done!
bmac62
Beautiful shot...tragic history. I know there are two sides to every story but this is a tough story to read.
mickeyrony
I adore And It is rocks which tells their history in a glance. The spirits of Native are propagated with which whant to hear well the winds which whistle between the rocks. Cheer and mile thank you a page of a superb history ((5++)) J'adore Et c'est des rochers qui raconte leur histoire en un regard . Les esprits des Natives se propagent à qui veus bien entendre les vents qui sifflent entre les rochers . Bravo et mile merci une page d'histoire superbe ((5++))
lizzibell
great shot...
myrrhluz
Interesting and concise narrative. Beautiful capture! All peoples are the same. Their histories contain soaring moments of compassion, and unspeakable moments of depravity.
pops
Wonderful photo and stry, althoough it sickens me how we treated tne indians
Alz2008
Wonderful capture..
prutzworks
cool find & educational story
moni2000
The stone faces look super good, great picture!!!!!
Nickieboy2004
Cool picture!
tennesseecowgirl
Very cool would love to get up that way to see that sometime.
tag0
Wonderful pic, Cheri, and I too enjoyed the history lesson. (It's shaming for the British Canadian troops as well.) thumbs up
flavia49
fantastic capture and very interesting history lesson!!! fantastic!
morganahope
WONDERFUL PHOTO AND INTERESTING HSITORY !!
sandra46
splendid work! great info
jendellas
Thanks for this interesting pic, the info is second to none, I don't really know a lot about American history.
Miska7
Very nice image and information! Excellent capture.
Alex_Antonov
Outstanding work!
orig_buggy
COOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!
debbielove
Excellent picture, my friend.. Well taken.. As for the history.. Nothing need be added... If you read it.. You know it was just wrong... Sad... Thanks for showing... Rob.
adrie
Great photoshot and info.....very well capture.