Black Hawk War

Black Hawk War
a war fought in northern Illinois and present-day southern Wisconsin, 1831-32, in which U.S. regulars and militia with Indian allies defeated the Sauk and Fox Indians, led by Chief Black Hawk, attempting to recover lost hunting grounds.

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