. History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, from the first settlement in 1834 to the civil war . Patterson. GovernorFord believed that Black Hawk knew comparatively little ofthis alleged autobiography, although it has been recognized asauthority by reliable writers upon this subject. The Sacs, according to an Indian tradition, were firstplaced by the Great Spirit in the vicinity of Montreal. Theirenemies conspired to drive them from their home to Mackinacand other points, until they built a village near Green Bay, onwhat is now Sac river, a name derived from this circumstance. The Fo
. History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, from the first settlement in 1834 to the civil war . Patterson. GovernorFord believed that Black Hawk knew comparatively little ofthis alleged autobiography, although it has been recognized asauthority by reliable writers upon this subject. The Sacs, according to an Indian tradition, were firstplaced by the Great Spirit in the vicinity of Montreal. Theirenemies conspired to drive them from their home to Mackinacand other points, until they built a village near Green Bay, onwhat is now Sac river, a name derived from this circumstance. The Foxes were first found on the northern shore of LakeOntario. From there they were driven to Detroit, thence toMackinac, and from there to the river which bears their name,at a point near its entrance into Green Bay. The Foxes sub-sequently abandoned their village, and formed a treaty ofalliance with the Sacs. Neither tribe was sufficiently strong tosuccessfully meet its enemies. Hence they became one nation,and the bond of friendship was never broken. This allied tribebelonged to the Algonquin I ,?•■• ^>—<%^ ^ / -Vs., \^- <r **- 1^ .. o v 5-t? \^ s s O a lij r H ao z a < TREATIES WITH THE SAC CHIEFS. 17 The Sacs and Foxes reniaiued for some time in the vicinityof Green Bay. But as early as 1718 they had obtained a firmfooting on Rock river. A party of young men descended theRock to its mouth, and upon their return they presented afavorable report of the country. Theentire tribe then migratedto the southwest, drove the Kaskaskias from the country, andfounded a village on the point of land at the confluence of Rockand Missi8si])pi rivers. At the beginning of this century theSacs and Foxes occupied lands in northwestern Illinois lyingbetween the Winnebagoes and the Mississippi river. In 1804 a treaty was negotiated at St. Louis betweenWilliam Henry Harrison and five chiefs of the Sac and Foxnation. Mr. Harrison was then governor of the IndianaTer
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