At St. Louis in 1804, future president William Henry Harrison negotiated a treaty with two representatives of the Sauk nation who had come to the city on other business. When it was over, the government believed it had secured the right to open all Sauk lands east of the Mississippi to settlement, for a mere $2,500. Sauk chiefs back home in Illinois and Wisconsin, however, believed that the two negotiators had never possessed the authority to speak for the whole nation and that the treaty was therefore invalid. The Indians continued to inhabit their village of Saukenuk near the mouth... more...
| A trader relates his family history and personal adventures, 1745-1857. |
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| Ho-Chunk chief Spoon Decorah looks back over a long life. |
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| Indian Versions of Some Early Wisconsin Events |
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| The Sauk and Fox shortly before the Black Hawk War |
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| A Wisconsin soldier describes the massacre at Bad Axe, 1832 |
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| Black Hawk, remembered by those who knew him |
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| Eastern newspapers report on Black Hawk's 1833 tour |
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| Gen. Joseph Street, Indian agent to the Ho-Chunk, Sauk and Fox. |
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| Recollections of a young mother in the Lead Region, 1826-1841 |
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| The founding of Fort Winnebago and the career of trader Pierre Paquette |
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| John Shaw recalls Tomah, Black Hawk, Keokuk, and other Indian leaders. |
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| Walking Cloud recounts episodes of the Black Hawk War. |
| A powder horn carried during the Black Hawk War |
| A description of the Battle of Bad Axe, 1832 |
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| Black Hawk's Route through Wisconsin in 1832 |
| Wisconsin's first Territorial Governor, Henry Dodge |
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| Portrait of Black Hawk in 1833 |
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| Menominee Chief Oshkosh in 1858 |
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| Prairie du Chien merchant and judge James H. Lockwood, 1856. |
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| View of the Pecatonica battlefield (1857) |
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| View of the Bad Axe battleground (1856) |
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| View of the Wisconsin Heights battlefield (1856) |
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| Pictures of the Sauk Indians during the 1830's |
| Wisconsin soldiers who served in the Winnebago War (1827) |
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| The new Indian agent describes tensions in the Lead Region in 1827. |
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| A woman describes her fears during the Black Hawk War, 1832 |
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| A Wisconsin soldier looks back on his role in the hostilities of 1832. |
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| One-Eyed Decorah relates how he helped Black Hawk surrender. |
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| Diary of a Visit to the Sauk and Fox after the Black Hawk War |
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| Wisconsin soldiers who served in the Black Hawk War (1832) |
