Illinois history stories, for use in elementary schools . ments, was made the scene of carnage and blood-shed. A number of settlers were killed in open conflictor from ambush, and several skirmishes occurredbetween forces of the white men and the Indians; butabout the twenty-second of June, Black Hawk, after adefeat at Kelloggs grove, retreated toward the was folloAved by General Atkinson with the wholeAmerican force, amounting to about four thousand Hawk took refuge among the hills of Wisconsin,and the discouraged white troops were divided intoseveral groups and placed wher
Illinois history stories, for use in elementary schools . ments, was made the scene of carnage and blood-shed. A number of settlers were killed in open conflictor from ambush, and several skirmishes occurredbetween forces of the white men and the Indians; butabout the twenty-second of June, Black Hawk, after adefeat at Kelloggs grove, retreated toward the was folloAved by General Atkinson with the wholeAmerican force, amounting to about four thousand Hawk took refuge among the hills of Wisconsin,and the discouraged white troops were divided intoseveral groups and placed where they might protect thefrontier. One detachment of these troops under Gen-eral Henry learned ^that Black Hawk was stationed onthe Rock river toward the north. They immediatelystarted in pursuit with about one thousand men. BlackHawk retreated to the Wisconsin river. He passed bythe site of the present Madison and, pushing on, wasovertaken on the bluffs of the Wisconsin about twenty-five miles beyond. Here he made a stand and a severe 151 LAKEMICHIGAJSi. The black line indicates theroute Lincom is supposed tohave followed with the armyas far as Whitewater wherehe was dismissed When thearmy started from near Otta-wa, after the loth of lune tofollow the Indians up RocKRiver. Lincolns battalion wassent towards the northwest and joined the mainarmy near Lake Koshkonong early in JulySoon after he went to where, aboutthe middle of the month, his battalion was dis-banded, and he returned by foot and canoe toNew Salem The dotted line shows the routehe is supposed to have taken The towns namedon the map are those with which Lincoln wasconnected either in bis legal or his political Hfe. 152 THE BLACK HAWK WAR battle was fought. More than one hundred and fiftyIndians fell in this slaughter, while but one white manwas lost. Black Hawk crossed the river and startedfor the Mississippi, hoping to reach it and to cross beforehis enemy could overtake him. The Indian band wasreduced t
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