The Black Hawk War occurred in 1832.

The evidence

• “In 1832 occurred an Indian episode that has been dignified by calling it "The Black Hawk War." Prior to 1831 the chief village of the Sauk Indians was located between the Rock and Mississippi rivers near their junction. There, for many years, had been their home and there their ancestors were buried.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/05-historic-evolution.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 125 / book p. 111

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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