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Black Hawk Monument

Date: 1920
Description: Monument on University Hills in honor of Sauk Chief Black Hawk.
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Black Hawk's Cave

Date: 01 07 1973
Description: The legendary Black Hawk Cave on the south shore of Lake Mendota, where Black Hawk allegedly hid from white troopers during the Black Hawk War.
Historical Essay

The Battle of Wisconsin Heights, 1832

Read about the desperate 1832 battle near Madison, WI, of the starving Sauk, Fox and Kickapoo Native Americans against the British and the Ho-Chunk.
Historical Essay

The Black Hawk War

A Misunderstanding Leads to Massacre
Discover how a Treaty Misunderstanding led to the Massacre of Thousands of Sauk Indians

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