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Part III. LOCATION OF THE TRAIL THROUGH ¥ISC(!NSIN After the skirmish at Sycamore Creek, frequently referred to as Stillman's Run to commemorate the dispatch with which the militia retired from the field. Black Hawk retreated to the head of the Kishwaxikee River in northern Illinois, Here he encountered V/innebago Indians who volunteered to guide him to a place of safety. Black Hawk accepted and, according to his own account, he and his 17 followers arrived at their refuge in the Rock River swamp six days later. But he does not describe the route he followed. Some time during those six days the Indians ascending the left bank of the Rock crossed into Wisconsin over the site of Beloit, That the left rather than the right bank was followed can be fairly well substantiated. Nowhere in the evidence available is there any indication that the Indians crossed to the right bank, Rachel Hall, one of the two sisters to survive the Indian Creek massacre, 18 makes no mention of crossing the river in her memoirs. Black Hawk said that 19 the girls were brought to his camp in the Rock River swamp. The Winnebago who ransomed the girls specifically locate this as being on the left bank. More than five weeks after Black Hawk led his followers to their swampy retreat. General Atkinson and his troops arrived at the mouth of Turtle Creek at the site of Beloit, Confident of the adequacy of his force and of his abil¬ ity to locate the British Band, Atkinson exuded optimism. Little did he realize what humiliation was in store for him. On the same day on which he wrote the 17 Milo Milton Quaife, ed,. Life of Black Hawk (Chicago, 1916), U6-U7. 18 Memoirs of Rachel Hall, October 11, l83lt, in the Black Hawk War Papers, Illinois Historical Society, 19 Quaife, Black Hawk, 152,
Object Description
Page Title | Black Hawk's route through Wisconsin : report of an investigation made by authority of the Legislature of Wisconsin |
Author | Hagan, William Thomas |
Place of Publication | Madison |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1949 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP487000 |
Description | This mimeographed pamphlet resulted from a request by the Wisconsin legislature in 1945 that the route of Black Hawk through the state during the summer of 1832 should be identified by a capable scholar. Its author, William T. Hagan, was working on his Ph.D. dissertation about the Sauk and Fox Indians at the time; he went on to distinguished careers as a historian of Indian-U.S. relations at North Texas State University (1950-65), the State Univ. College, Fredonia, New York (1965-88) and the University of Oklahoma (1989-95). This little monograph examines the firsthand evidence of Black Hawk's retreat from Beloit, across south-central Wisconsin, to the final massacre at Bad Axe, in Vernon County. Although not a primary source itself, it excerpts and summarizes the most important eyewitness accounts of Black Hawk's movements in Wisconsin and its map (following page 16) provides a convenient overview of the geography of the war in Wisconsin. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Recommended Citation | Hagan, William Thomas. Black Hawk's Route through Wisconsin: report of an investigation made by authority of the Legislature of Wisconsin. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1949). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1692 |
Document Number | TP487 |
Size | 35 p. : map ; 28 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1692 |
Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
Owner Object ID | 93- 133 |
Genre | government report |
County | Columbia County; Crawford County; Dane County; Dodge County; Iowa County; Jefferson County; Richland County; Rock County; Sauk County; Vernon County; |
State/Province | Wisconsin; |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans; |
Sub-Topic | The Black Hawk War |
Event Date | 1832-04; 1832-05; 1832-06; 1832-07; 1832-08 |
Event Years | 1832 |
Event Month | April; May; June; July; August |
War | Black Hawk War, 1832; |
Indian Tribe | Fox; Ho-Chunk; Menominee; Sauk |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 17 |
Author | Hagan, William Thomas |
Place of Publication | Madison |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1949 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP487022 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 35 p. : map ; 28 cm. |
Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
Owner Object ID | 93- 133 |
Full Text | Part III. LOCATION OF THE TRAIL THROUGH ¥ISC(!NSIN After the skirmish at Sycamore Creek, frequently referred to as Stillman's Run to commemorate the dispatch with which the militia retired from the field. Black Hawk retreated to the head of the Kishwaxikee River in northern Illinois, Here he encountered V/innebago Indians who volunteered to guide him to a place of safety. Black Hawk accepted and, according to his own account, he and his 17 followers arrived at their refuge in the Rock River swamp six days later. But he does not describe the route he followed. Some time during those six days the Indians ascending the left bank of the Rock crossed into Wisconsin over the site of Beloit, That the left rather than the right bank was followed can be fairly well substantiated. Nowhere in the evidence available is there any indication that the Indians crossed to the right bank, Rachel Hall, one of the two sisters to survive the Indian Creek massacre, 18 makes no mention of crossing the river in her memoirs. Black Hawk said that 19 the girls were brought to his camp in the Rock River swamp. The Winnebago who ransomed the girls specifically locate this as being on the left bank. More than five weeks after Black Hawk led his followers to their swampy retreat. General Atkinson and his troops arrived at the mouth of Turtle Creek at the site of Beloit, Confident of the adequacy of his force and of his abil¬ ity to locate the British Band, Atkinson exuded optimism. Little did he realize what humiliation was in store for him. On the same day on which he wrote the 17 Milo Milton Quaife, ed,. Life of Black Hawk (Chicago, 1916), U6-U7. 18 Memoirs of Rachel Hall, October 11, l83lt, in the Black Hawk War Papers, Illinois Historical Society, 19 Quaife, Black Hawk, 152, |
Type | Text |