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Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
Photograph

General Atkinson's Victory over Black Hawk

Date: 1845
Description: Engraving depicting the defeat of Black Hawk by General Henry Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe on August 2, 1832. The engraving depicts Federal Regulars a...
Book or Pamphlet

Combat between Indian Tribes

Date: 1852
Description: Illustration of the Ojibwa, the Sacs, and Foxes battling from canoes on the water.
Print

Kee-o-kuck, Or The Watching Fox

Date: 1835
Description: Kee-o-kuck, or the Watching Fox, a Chief of the Sauk tribe and sucessor to Black Hawk. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at th...
Photograph

Black Hawk Tree

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Description: The Black Hawk Tree growing in the middle of the street, now East Black Hawk Avenue. There are houses on the left and the road is lined with trees planted...
Print

Joc-O-Sot (The Walking Bear)

Date: 1844
Description: Full-length portrait of Joc-O-Sot, "A Sauk Chief from the Upper Missouri, U.S.A."
Map or Atlas

Auto Touring Route, 1832 Black Hawk War

Date: 1998
Description: This map shows an auto tour route with historical markers and the approximate Black Hawk Band route in southern Wisconsin. County boundaries, roads and cit...
Photograph

Table Land North of Battle Hollow and South of Bad Ax River

Date: 08 1898
Description: Caption reads: "View from N.E. 1/4 of S.E. 1/4 Sec. 36 L. 12 R 7 W. looking toward Victory, Vernon Co. Wis., showing last 4 miles of trail of Atkinson's Ar...

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