All Black Hawk

In 1673, Pere Jacques Marquette, Louis Jolliet, and a small group of Frenchman began an epic journey from the north end of Lake Michigan to Green Bay, across Wisconsin to the Mississippi River, down the Mississippi River as far south as present-day Arkansas, where they turned around and headed upstream. When they reached the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Read more...

From the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 to 1832, the tribes had been forced westward as American settlement expanded. Between 1800 and 1809, most of Illinois had been ceded, often under duress, through treaties between the United States and the Illinois, Kickapoo, Meskwaki, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, and Sauk tribes. Tribal resistance to American settlement was growing and encouraged by the Read more...

In 1804, a small group of Sauk and Meskwaki leaders traveled to St. Louis to seek the release of an incarcerated Sauk man. Before they left St. Louis, they had signed a treaty transferring title to all the land west of the Illinois and Fox Rivers to the Mississippi River and extending into Wisconsin for $1,000 per year. According to Read more...

In 1804, a small group of Sauk and Meskwaki leaders traveled to St. Louis to seek the release of an incarcerated Sauk man. Before they left St. Louis, they had signed a treaty transferring title to all the land west of the Illinois and Fox Rivers to the Mississippi River and extending into Wisconsin for $1,000 per year. According to Read more...