Disturbances among the Sauk and Fox Indians on the north-western frontier commenced, the immediate cause being disaffection with existing treaties for the sale of their lands in Illinois.

The evidence

• “The valley of the Rock river, was one of the choicest hunting grounds of the Potawattamies, Winnebagos, Sauk and Fox Indians, and their"trail up and down the river is hardly obliterated at the present day. The disturbances among the Sauk and Fox Indians,on the north-western frontier, commenced in the spring of 1831. The immediate procuring cause of the outbreak, was disaffection on the part of some of the Indians, with existing treaties for the sale of their lands in Illinois, dating sometime previous, It appears that a treaty had been made by Gen.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/02-black-hawk-war.md, PDF p. 31 / book p. 13

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

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