What to see in America . Temple Gate, Apostle Islands Wisconsin 257 set up within sight of thedoors of the Capitol. Per-haps no city in the statebetter repays a visit thanthe present picturesqueness of itslocation could hardly beexcelled, for it is builtbetween tw^o lakes w^hichare not only within thecity limits, but are veryclose to the businesscenter. The famous chief,Black Haw^k, during hiswar with the whites, re-treated from Illinois in1832 across the Wisconsinline to the headwaters ofthe Rock River near LakeKoshkonong. A force of. Racine Reef Lighthouse, Winter y whites began
What to see in America . Temple Gate, Apostle Islands Wisconsin 257 set up within sight of thedoors of the Capitol. Per-haps no city in the statebetter repays a visit thanthe present picturesqueness of itslocation could hardly beexcelled, for it is builtbetween tw^o lakes w^hichare not only within thecity limits, but are veryclose to the businesscenter. The famous chief,Black Haw^k, during hiswar with the whites, re-treated from Illinois in1832 across the Wisconsinline to the headwaters ofthe Rock River near LakeKoshkonong. A force of. Racine Reef Lighthouse, Winter y whites began operations against him in late JunC;, and theIndians withdrew, but were overtaken and decisively de-feated in the Battle of Wisconsin Heights on the east bankof the Wisconsin River opposite Prairie du Sac. Immedi-ately afterward Black Hawk loaded a large raft with women,children, and old men, and sent it down the river, hopingthey would reach the western side of the Mississippi. Butthey were intercepted by the soldiers on duty at Fort Craw-ford where the Wisconsin joins the greater river. Somewere killed, some were drowned, some were captured, andothers who escaped to shore nearly all perished in the main body of Indians reached the Mississippi fortymiles farther north at the mouth of the Bad Axe, where 258 What to See in America the whites slaughtered most of them, showing no mercy tomen, women, or children. Black Hawk got away to theWinnebagoes, but they delivered him to the whites. Afterbeing held in prison nearly a year, he w
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