Term: Indian Lake Passage (Historic Marker Erected 1997)
Definition:
In parking lot, Indian Lake County Park, Hwy. 19, 1 mi E of Marxville, Dane County
On July 21, 1832, during the Black Hawk war, Sac Indian leader Black Hawk and his band left Pheasant Branch, west of Madison, retreating ahead of the military forces commanded by Colonels Ewing and Dodge. The band fled north following a route past the west end of Indian Lake and turned westward down the broad valley now bisected by Highway 12. The military, despite rain and exhausted horses, managed to catch up to Black Hawk's warriors late that afternoon at the Heights overlooking the Wisconsin River.
[Source: Source: Source: McBride, Sarah Davis. History Just Ahead (Madison:WHS, 1999).]
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