2. General -White Settlers wanted to move
into Indian territory
Overview - Black Hawk led a Indian
rebellion against the US in
the early 1830’s
Black Hawk

3. War was in
Wisconsin and
Illinois

4.  Sauk and Meskwaki Indian tribes
 US expansion
 Controversial treaty
 Settlers began moving

5.  Keokuk chose to move
 Black Hawk stays

6.  Black Hawk returned from winter hunt
 Found white men in Saukenuk (Sauk Village)
 Clashed for months

7.  Began calling themselves the British Band
 Did this to gain British support

8.  Came back with more men at his service
 US mobilized troops to hunt him down
 Black Hawk tried to get as much support as he
could
 No British help

9.  Afraid of an intertribal war
 Acted as mediators to Native American
disputes

10.  Black Hawk moved North
 40 beat 275, as Black Hawk won
 Only 3 fatalities for British Band

11.  British Band moved north to Wisconsin
 Low on food and supplies
 Militia was closing in
 Reached Mississippi River
 Many were killed from cannon fire from the
steamboat Warrior

12.  Black Hawk goes upriver
 US forces caught up with Sauk tribe the next
morning
 Killed men, women, and children
 260 members of British Band killed

13.  Black Hawk was captured soon after
 Peace treaty was signed
 Black Hawk died in 1838

14.  Abe Lincoln served as a volunteer in the Black
Hawk war
 Never saw any combat, but was elected as
captain of his company