Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-04-29
LITTLE JOURNEYS IN
AND ABOUT BARABOO
Continued from page one.1
during the night.
An Unmarked Grave

An unmarked vi ave
But one soldier was killed, John
Short, who is buried on the bank
among the trees, few rods south of
the stream and east of the highway.
All trace of his grave is lost. A young
woman, Mary Hackett, who died in
pioneer times, was buried at the east
ern extremity Of the level ground, not
far from where the soldier was in
TERED. No one has since been buried
here.
During the battle Colonel Jones had
horse shot from under him and sew
eral soldiers were wounded. The day
after the fight was spent in prepar-
ing to transfer the injured to the fort
at Blue Mounds.
The number of Indians killed will
never be known, but was in the
neighborhood Of fifty or sixty. Many
of the survivors, with hearts of lead
crossed the Wisconsin River during
the night, and moved through the
wilderness in northwesternly direc
ton toward the Mississippi.
In his autobiography, Black Hawk
says that Whatever may be the sen
timents of the white people in relation
to this battle, my nation, though fall
len, will award to me the reputation OF
great brave in conducting it." Evi
IDENTIFY he was proud of his conduct in
this particular fight.
jefferson Davis in the Battle
Jefferson Davis, later president oil
the Southern Confederacy, likewise
participated in the Battle Of Wiscon
sin Heights. After he had fought with
distinction in the Mexican war, and
had served as secretary Of war in
President Pierca's cabinet, and after
holding the position Of commandment
chief Of the southern armies for foul
years during the Civil War, he sup
ported Black Hawks claim to the
| military skill he had displayed in this
battle. Davis speaks of the tactics
| employed by the chief as the most
| brilliant he had ever witnessed, say
ing: Had it been performed by white
| men, it would have been immortaliz
ed as one of the most splendid
ACHIEVEMENTS in military history
indians Pursued
A few days after the battle, troops
crossed the Wisconsin at Arena
marched up the bank of the river I'm
til the trail was found, and pursued
the retreating Indians. The savages
killed horses along the way in order
] to sustain themselves with food
some persisted from their wounds, and
still others died from fatigue. At the
mouth of the Bad Axe river, the
troops from the rear, the fire from
| the Warrior on the Mississippi, and
| the Indians in Minnesota, almost an
initiated the band Of the deluded, de
| ceived, and defeated Black Hawk. A
! few Of his braves and families who de
| seconded the Wisconsin river in boats
met similar fate near the mouth Of
the stream, bringing to an end the
| last of the Indian troubles in Wis
consin.
A. L. Taylor resides on a farm 6
short distance east of the battlefield
When a youth he accompanied sol
| der who fought in the battle, also his
! father. over the ground Mr.. Taylor
has a clear recollection of the des
cription of the fight given by the par
ticipant in the battle. Years ago Mr.
Taylor's father found on the field {
| gun and saddle, afterwards destroyed
| in a farmhouse fire.
A short distance south of where
| John Short is buried there is a fine
group of Indian mounds.
Grave of a Napoleon Soldier
From the Mazomanie road near the
battlefield, one may drive to the cas-
about a mile to the Roxbury Cemetery
! on Trunk Line y. Near the center
of this Catholic burying ground lies {
| soldier who served one year agains
| Napoleon and three years under him
not uncommon circumstance wher
| the whole of Europe was torn by the
great Corsican. The inscription above
! the grave reads:
* y * X = * X y * y y y y y
y Peter PAUL. y
= Geb. 10, June, 1892 y
- Gest. Z, Sept, 1884
y r. I. P. )
* Schlafe Wohl, o Water Schlafe
* Deiner Walfahrt Leiden aus
*Sanft Sci Dir Der Letzte Schlummera
- Dein Erwachen Ohne Hummer
* y ;. y * * y - * * * y * * )
T About 1848 PAUL. came with his
family to America and after stay. il
Milwaukee settled in Roxbury, where
| he died. It is said there are two othel
] NannInnn soldiers hurried in this Gem