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Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in 1832 between the United States and Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos known as the "British Band" crossed the Mississippi River into the U.S. state of Illinois in April 1832...
Timeline of Events
1832
4.6.1832
Indian Wars: The Black Hawk War begins – the Sauk warrior Black Hawk begins a war with the United States.
4.8.1832
Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
8.1.1832
The Black Hawk War ends.