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ECHOES OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR
Albert O. Barton
IN connection with the hundredth anniversary of the ran¬ soming of the Hall girls at Blue Mounds in the early part of June, 1832, a number of questions have arisen relative to this stirring incident of the Black Hawk War. Sylvia and Rachel Hall, it will be remembered, were the two white girls taken captives at the Indian Creek massacre near Ottawa, Illinois, in May, 1832, whose ransom was finally effected at Blue Mounds nearly a fortnight later. It will be further recalled that after remaining at the Blue Mounds fort one day and two nights, they were taken by way of Gratiot's Grove to Galena and home. The questions calling for con¬ sideration are:
1. Did the Indian Creek massacre occur on May 20 or May 21, 1832?
2. How many white persons were massacred at Indian Creek, fifteen or sixteen?
3. What were the ages of the Hall girls at the time?
4. Were the girls brought to Blue Mounds on June 1 or June 3?-
5. What Indian chiefs were present at the ransoming? There appears to be much discrepancy on all these points
among the historians of the Black Hawk War, much careless writing, and a disposition on the part of succeeding historians to take for granted the errors of the first writers on the Black Hawk War.
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| Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 16, number 4, June 1933 |
| Article Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 16, number 4, June 1933 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 16, no. 4 |
| Format-Digital | xml |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol16no040000 |
| Description | This issue includes William George Bruce’s memoir of his Milwaukee childhood, an examination of newspaper opinion of Wisconsin’s first Constitution, and a reminiscence of Necedah. |
| Volume | 016 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year | 1932-1933 |
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| Title | 404 |
| Page Number | 404 |
| Article Title | Echoes of the Black Hawk War |
| Author | Barton, Albert O. (Albert Olaus) |
| Page type | Article home |
| Format-Digital | jpeg |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol16no040054 |
| Description | Echoes of the Black Hawk War: The article attempts to answer several questions about the Indian Creek Massacre near modern Ottawa, Illinois. The author concludes that May 21, 1832, was the correct date that the Indian Creek Massacre occurred and that a total of fifteen people were killed. He goes on to conclude that Sylvia (1813-1899) and Rachel Hall (1815-1870) were returned to Blue Mounds on June 1, 1832, and to investigate precisely which Ho-Chunk chiefs and warriors were present that day and so, by extention, were involved in the ransom of the Hall sister. Many primary sources are quoted. (7 pages) |
| Volume | 016 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year | 1932-1933 |
| State/Province | Illinois; Wisconsin; |
| County | La Salle County; Dane County; Lafayette County; |
| Community | Ottawa; Blue Mounds; Gratiot's Grove; |
| Decade | 1830-1839; |
| Personal Name | Horn, Sylvia Hall, 1813-1899; Munson, Rachel Hall, d. 1870 |
| Subject | Indians of North America; Local history; Black Hawk War, 1832; Ho-Chunk Indians; |
| Full Text | ECHOES OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR Albert O. Barton IN connection with the hundredth anniversary of the ran¬ soming of the Hall girls at Blue Mounds in the early part of June, 1832, a number of questions have arisen relative to this stirring incident of the Black Hawk War. Sylvia and Rachel Hall, it will be remembered, were the two white girls taken captives at the Indian Creek massacre near Ottawa, Illinois, in May, 1832, whose ransom was finally effected at Blue Mounds nearly a fortnight later. It will be further recalled that after remaining at the Blue Mounds fort one day and two nights, they were taken by way of Gratiot's Grove to Galena and home. The questions calling for con¬ sideration are: 1. Did the Indian Creek massacre occur on May 20 or May 21, 1832? 2. How many white persons were massacred at Indian Creek, fifteen or sixteen? 3. What were the ages of the Hall girls at the time? 4. Were the girls brought to Blue Mounds on June 1 or June 3?- 5. What Indian chiefs were present at the ransoming? There appears to be much discrepancy on all these points among the historians of the Black Hawk War, much careless writing, and a disposition on the part of succeeding historians to take for granted the errors of the first writers on the Black Hawk War. |