He said the whites didn't treat the indians right. Carr's island,40 or 50 years ago was full of indian corn hills. There was no ferry between Carr's ferry and Dixon. This was in high water. I never heard of there being any fords between here and Dixon,but I suppose they had them.
Rock River is treacherous and has rifts in the rocks.
The rapids began just east of Thirty-eighth St. I suppose if an indian of Black Hawk's tribe committed a hostile act against a whit I suppose Black Hawk protected him same as if any other nationality would. The most scared I ever was,I was coming along the river by a crab apple grove. I was 10 years old at the time and came within ten feet of a big buck indian and he gave a grunt. I never was so scared in my life.