Black Hawk War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	April 1832 - August 1832
Location	Mississippi River • United States
Participants	Fox • Kickapoo • Sauk • United States

Photos

Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.

Keokuk, Sauk chief; painting by J.O. Lewis done at the signing of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien, 1825.

Map showing locations of major battles, massacres, forts, and settlements during the Black Hawk War of 1832 in present-day Wisconsin and Illinois. Key sites such as the Battle of Bad Axe, Battle of Wisconsin Heights, and Massacre at Indian Creek are labeled, along with Black Hawk's route marked by a purple line.

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Massacre of Bad Axe, 1832

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Key People

Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.

Black Hawk

Sauk and Fox leader

Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

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Lewis Cass, engraving by W.G. Jackman after a photograph by Sutton & Bro.

Lewis Cass

American politician

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