Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's lake region, with maps and illustrations . he dayafter the fight was spent in prepar-ing to transfer the injured to the fort 49 BARABOO, DELLS, AND DEVILS LAKE REGION at Blue Mounds. The number of Indians killed wnever be known, but was in theneighborhood of fifty or sixty. Manyof the survivors, with hearts of lead,crossed the Wisconsn River duringthe nght, and moved through thewilderness in a northwesternly dircction toward the Mississippi. In his autobiography, Black Hawksays that Whatever may be the sen-timents of the white people in relationto this battle, my na
Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's lake region, with maps and illustrations . he dayafter the fight was spent in prepar-ing to transfer the injured to the fort 49 BARABOO, DELLS, AND DEVILS LAKE REGION at Blue Mounds. The number of Indians killed wnever be known, but was in theneighborhood of fifty or sixty. Manyof the survivors, with hearts of lead,crossed the Wisconsn River duringthe nght, and moved through thewilderness in a northwesternly dircction toward the Mississippi. In his autobiography, Black Hawksays that Whatever may be the sen-timents of the white people in relationto this battle, my nation, though fal- President Pierces cabinet, and afterholding the position of commander-inchief of tlie southern armies for fouryears during the Civil War, he sup-ported Black Hawks claim to themilitary skill he had displayed in thisbattle. Davis speaks of the tacticsemployed by the chief as the mostbrilliant he had ever witnessed, say-ing: Had it been performed by whitemen, it would have been immortaliz-ed as one of the most splendidachievments in military NATURAL BRIDGE NEAR LELAND len, will award to me the reputation ofa great brave in conducting it. Evi-dently he was proud of his conduct inthis particular fight. Jefferson Davin in the BattleJefferson Davis, later president ofthe Southern Confederacy, likewiseparticipated in the Battle of Wiscon-sin Heights. After he had fought wthdistinction in the Mexican war, andhad served as secretary of war in Indians PursuedA few days after the battle, troopscrossed the Wisconsin at Arena,marched up the hank of the river un-til the trail was found, and pursuedthe letreating Indians. The savageskilled horses along the way in orderto sustain themselves with food;some perished fiom their wounds, andstill others died from fatigue. At themouth of the Bad Axe River, the 50 BARABOO, DELLS, AND DEVILS LAKE REGION troops from the rear, the fire fromthe Warrior on the Mississippi, andthe Indians in Minnesota, almost an-nihilated the ba
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