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The Black Hawk War | Wisconsin Historical Society
Historical Essay
A Misunderstanding Leads to Massacre
The Black Hawk War | Wisconsin Historical Society
In 1804, future president William Henry Harrison negotiated a treaty with two representatives of the Sauk nation.
Why did the black hawk war start
The government believed the treaty secured the right to open all Sauk lands east of the Mississippi to settlement for only $2,500. Sauk chiefs in Illinois and Wisconsin believed the two tribesman never possessed the authority to speak for the nation and that the treaty was therefore invalid.
The Indians continued to inhabit their village of Saukenuk near the mouth of the Rock River, where they had lived since the eighteenth century.
Black Hawk
Painting of Black Hawk by Robert M. Sully.
Black Hawk, a Native American Sauk warrior and leader, sought to attack and drive out the settlers in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin in 1832. After his capture and release, he became a symbol of a diminishing and no longer thr
