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... Since the Indians did not understand, the white men got angry with them and the last war in Illinois and the last Indian trouble in the Old North west had taken place. It was a minor casualty war with only seventy settlers and soldiers dying. This war was known there after to be the Winnebago War of 1827. ... Black Hawk complained continually about this treaty that was signed in 1804 in St. ... Black Hawk thought that the treaty was illegal but it did not matter because no white man would give him the time of day to listen to him. ...
In the spring of 1831, the tribe needed a corn crop so Black Hawk ordered the squatters to leave and his braves burned isolated cabins. ...
Black Hawk was forced to sign a new treaty with the whites where he promised not to return without permission, but he lied because the very next winter hunt failed and the Iowa prairie was not broken for corn planting. ...
Black Hawk was known as a leader of lost cause ranked right up there with Tecumseh and Pontiac.
Approximate Word count = 827
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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