The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11

trouble maker, declined to interest
himself in the matter, and with
many of the people, moved across
into what is now Iowa. Black Hawk.
however, declared that he had been
deceived regarding the terms of the
treaty Of 1904, and, with his follow
ers, declined to leave. He tried to
interest some of the other tribes
In the region in an uprising, and
managed to create so much trouble
that the militia were sent against
him. He and his people were fore
warned Of this move, and before the
militia had reached his village, il
was deserted. The empty lodges
were burned as a token of the white
mans displeasure. and a fortnight
afterward. at a conference, Black
Hawk signed an agreement to keep
the peace, and to join his people on
the other side of the Mississippi.
This was in June. The next win
ter was spent in negotiations with
tribes in every direction. Black
Hawk had signed the peace treaty
because he must. Now he was try
ing to start war If he could, and be-
cause he did not understand the
white mans ways, he felt himself
justified in his conduct.
Spring came, and the Sauk chief
began his campaign. Had the whites
remained In ignorance of his move
ments a few weeks longer. so that
he could have recruited more men
from the other tribes, perhaps the
story of the Black Hawk war
would have been different, but four
days after he crossed the river into
the eastern territory again, he
was discovered. The settlers were
warned. and troops were mustered
TO pursue him.
The militia which assumed this
duty was not the sort of troops TO
send against a man like Black
Hawk. He routed them in an en-
gagement on May IA, 1882. and then
turned his attention TO the settle
ments along the frontier, killing and
burning. wlile the soldiers were al
most powerless TO do anything
against the formidable band. 1t was
not until July that the Sauk suf-
fered any great loss, but volunteers
under Gen. James d. Henry over
took him on the twenty-frst of that
month, and defeated him, with a
loss of 6S warriors. This was the
turn OF fortune for the great Sauk
leader. He retreated. but was over
taken by the troops, who again at
tackled him so determinedly that 40
of his men were captured, and $50
driven into the river. Those who
crossed were cut off by the Sioux,
who were their enemies, and the in
surrection was definitely put down.
Black Hawk escaped to the north.
but the Winnebago, whom he had
endeavored to enlist in the cause,
followed and captured him. and he
was made a prisoner of the United
States.
He was held for more than a
month at Fortress Monroe, Virginia,
and then was taken on a tour of
the eastern cities, where people
crowded to see the fallen warrior.
The United States Literary Gazette
of Philadelphia, wrote him up in en-
thusiastic style: "Black Hawk was
sitting in a chair. and apparently
depressed in spirits. He is about
sixty-five. Of middling size. with a
head that would excite the envy of
phrenologist-one of the 1nest
that Heaven ever let fall on the
shoulders of an Indian"
In 1897 Black Hawk, with Keo-
kuk, again went east. and on his re-
turn he settled near Iowaville, and
died there on October 3 of the next
year.
The valiant Sauk was not allowed
to rest in quiet. His body was stolen,
and the bones prepared for articula-
ton. Perhaps the skeleton would
have been displayed to the curious
as the living man had been, but the
governor of the territory protested,
and the bones were restored to
Iowa. They were placed among the
collections of the Burlington His
torical society. where they remained
until 1855, when the building con-
tanning them was burned.
In an old account of Black
Hawks life, we find the following
lines by Freneau quoted:
What fend could thus disturb the
peaceful dead?
Remembrance pointing to what last
he said:
Prepare the hollow tomb, and place
me low,
My trusty bow and arrows by my
side
For long the journey is that I must
go,
without a partner and without a
guide'"
t0. 1882. Western Newspaper Union)
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