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1832

Black Hawk made a stand against his white pursuers at Wolf Point, in the lower part of the town of Hustisford.

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BeloitJune 30, 1832

General Atkinson's soldiers, including Private Abraham Lincoln, made the first recorded visit of white men to the Turtle village (now Beloit) locality, passing through the deserted Turtle village and camping on the prairie; the army entered Rock county and encamped just above where Beloit now is.

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Black Hawk made a stand against his white pursuers at Wolf Point, in the lower part of the town of Hustisford.

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At Wolf Point (section twenty-seven, township ten, range sixteen), in the lower part of the town of Hustisford, we observed traces of a recently abandoned Indian village, but no ancient works. Here, it is said, a great Indian battle was fought, in times long gone by ; and here Black Hawk made a stand against his white pursuers in 1832.

Lapham, I. A. The Antiquities of Wisconsin, as Surveyed and Described. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, vol. 7, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1855. University of Pittsburgh copy via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/antiquitiesofwis00laph.PDF p. 69 / book p. 51

1832

Rock CountyA

1832

Black Hawk made a stand against his white pursuers at Wolf Point, in the lower part of the town of Hustisford.

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Rock County1832

Black Hawk made a stand against his white pursuers at Wolf Point, in the lower part of the town of Hustisford.

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At Wolf Point (section twenty-seven, township ten, range sixteen), in the lower part of the town of Hustisford, we observed traces of a recently abandoned Indian village, but no ancient works. Here, it is said, a great Indian battle was fought, in times long gone by ; and here Black Hawk made a stand against his white pursuers in 1832.