1831
Difficulties arose between the settlers and the Indians in relation to the occupation of the lands; the governor of Illinois declared the State invaded, asked the United States to drive the Indians beyond the Mississippi, and sent a force of militia on to the ground.
The evidence
“But a band headed by Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah, or the Black Sparrow Hawk, commonly called Black Hawk, refused to leave their village near Rock Island. They contended that they had not sold their town to the United States ; and, upon their return early in 1831, from a hunt across the Mississippi, finding their village and fields in possession of the whites, they determined to repossess their homes at all hazards. This was looked upon, or called, an encroachment by the settlers ; so the governor of Illinois took the responsibility of declaring the State invaded, and asked the United States to drive the refractory Indians beyond the Mississippi.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/01-wisconsin-antiquities-indians-territory.md, PDF p. 35 / book p. 39
Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 35 / book p. 39) · open the whole page “Black Hawk claimed that his people were not parties to these treaties and were not bound by them. In 1831, difficulties arose between the settlers and the Indians in relation to the occupation of these lands. The governor of Illinois sent a force of militia on to the ground.”
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.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 125 / book p. 111) · open the whole page
