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reminiscences of the black hawk war 185 i was not present at this conference but understood that white crow whirling thunder and spotted arm partici pated in it — white crow being the chief speaker of the oc casion the object of the conference was to conciliate the winnebagoes and secure their friendship in our favor and they did give cols dodge and gratiot the strongest assur ances of friendship and fidelity still it was generally be lieved that all their able bodied and efficient young men were with the sauks both in feeling and action the surrender of the hall girls and the suspicious con duct of white crow a winnebago chief deserve special mention it was at the blue mounds on the night of the third of june 1832 that the winnebagoes brought in the two misses hall who had been captured on the waters of the fox river illinois a short time previous i was then a mere boy and had that day just joined col dodge's squadron at james morrison's grove as he was en route for the blue mounds being so young and entirely unacquainted with any one in the squadron except col dodge and two others he in the kindness of his heart took me into his mess until i could be better provided f or as he said when we arrived at the blue mounds we found the two girls there who had been brought in by about fifty winne bagoes col dodge feeling grateful for this act of humanity on their part and being desirous otherwise to conciliate them as much as possible towards the whites he treated them with kindness and consideration mingling and con versing with them most freely among this band of winnebagoes were many of their most distinguished chiefs and braves white crow — who was a cicero among indians for his powers of oratory and loquence — spotted arm whirling thunder and the little priest,1 and others 1 man-ah-kee-tshump-kaw or spotted arm was a prominent war chief of the winnebagoes he wa3 also known as broken arm from the fact that he had been severely wounded in the arm at the biege of fort meigs in 1813 where he distinguished himself the wound was so painted says atwater who saw him in 1829 " that the blood running from it was so well represented by the painter as to look like reality itself and at a short 13 h c
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | 558 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume X (1888) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1888 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvX0000 |
| Description | Report and collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the years 1883, 1884, and 1885, vol. 10, includes the following articles: Jean Nicolet, by F.X. Garneau and J.B. Ferland, with notes by Benjamin Sulte; De Lignery's expedition against the Foxes, by Emanuel Crespel; French forts near the mouth of the Wisconsin, by James Davie Butler; Taychoperah, the Four Lake country, by James Davie Butler; Lawe and Grignon papers, 1794-1821; Papers of Thomas G. Anderson, British Indian agent, 1814-21; Indian campaign of 1832, by Henry Smith; Reminiscences of the Black Hawk War, by Robert Anderson, with notes by E.B. Washburne; Incidents of the Black Hawk War, by Charles Whittlesey; The Battle of Peckatonica, by Matthew G. Fitch; Notes on the Black Hawk War, by Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Indian chiefs and pioneers in the Northwest, by John Shaw; Cause of the Black Hawk War; Black Hawk newspaper scraps; Robert S. Black and the Black Hawk War, by George W. Jones; Reminiscences of Wisconsin in 1833; Col. Henry Gratiot, by Elihu B. Washburne, John B. Parkinson, and David Atwood; Adèle de P. Gratiot's narrative; Early Wisconsin exploration and settlement, by James Sutherland; Early Wisconsin exploration, forts, and trading posts, by Edward D. Neill; French fort at Prairie du Chien a myth, by Consul Willshire Butterfield; Early French forts in western Wisconsin; Autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution; Sketch of Andrew Proudfit, by Breese J. Stevens; Memoirs of O.M. Conover, LL. D., by David Atwood, Charles H. Richards, and Orasmus Cole; and Wisconsin necrology, 1879-82. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume X (1888) |
| Volume | Vol. 10 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 10 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 185 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1888 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvX0191 |
| Author | Parkison, Peter, 1812-1895 |
| Page Type | Article |
| Volume | Vol. 10 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 10 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | reminiscences of the black hawk war 185 i was not present at this conference but understood that white crow whirling thunder and spotted arm partici pated in it — white crow being the chief speaker of the oc casion the object of the conference was to conciliate the winnebagoes and secure their friendship in our favor and they did give cols dodge and gratiot the strongest assur ances of friendship and fidelity still it was generally be lieved that all their able bodied and efficient young men were with the sauks both in feeling and action the surrender of the hall girls and the suspicious con duct of white crow a winnebago chief deserve special mention it was at the blue mounds on the night of the third of june 1832 that the winnebagoes brought in the two misses hall who had been captured on the waters of the fox river illinois a short time previous i was then a mere boy and had that day just joined col dodge's squadron at james morrison's grove as he was en route for the blue mounds being so young and entirely unacquainted with any one in the squadron except col dodge and two others he in the kindness of his heart took me into his mess until i could be better provided f or as he said when we arrived at the blue mounds we found the two girls there who had been brought in by about fifty winne bagoes col dodge feeling grateful for this act of humanity on their part and being desirous otherwise to conciliate them as much as possible towards the whites he treated them with kindness and consideration mingling and con versing with them most freely among this band of winnebagoes were many of their most distinguished chiefs and braves white crow — who was a cicero among indians for his powers of oratory and loquence — spotted arm whirling thunder and the little priest,1 and others 1 man-ah-kee-tshump-kaw or spotted arm was a prominent war chief of the winnebagoes he wa3 also known as broken arm from the fact that he had been severely wounded in the arm at the biege of fort meigs in 1813 where he distinguished himself the wound was so painted says atwater who saw him in 1829 " that the blood running from it was so well represented by the painter as to look like reality itself and at a short 13 h c |