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...
| 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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| The founding of Fort Winnebago and the career of trader Pierre Paquette |
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| Walking Cloud recounts episodes of the Black Hawk War. |
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| 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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| John Shaw recalls Tomah, Black Hawk, Keokuk, and other Indian leaders. |
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| Recollections of a young mother in the Lead Region, 1826-1841 |
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| Gen. Joseph Street, Indian agent to the Ho-Chunk, Sauk and Fox. |
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| Eastern newspapers report on Black Hawk's 1833 tour |
| A powder horn carried during the Black Hawk War |
| A description of the Battle of Bad Axe, 1832 |
| Prairie du Chien merchant and judge James H. Lockwood, 1856. |
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| Pictures of the Sauk Indians during the 1830's |
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| Wisconsin's first Territorial Governor, Henry Dodge |
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| Menominee Chief Oshkosh in 1858 |
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| Portrait of Black Hawk in 1833 |
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| View of the Wisconsin Heights battlefield (1856) |
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| View of the Bad Axe battleground (1856) |
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| View of the Pecatonica battlefield (1857) |
| Wisconsin soldiers who served in the Black Hawk War (1832) |
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| 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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| Diary of a Visit to the Sauk and Fox after the Black Hawk War |
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| One-Eyed Decorah relates how he helped Black Hawk surrender. |
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| A Wisconsin soldier looks back on his role in the hostilities of 1832. |
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| A woman describes her fears during the Black Hawk War, 1832 |
