4RegionSummer 1823SeasonMajor Long and his party ascended the Mississippi river, with frequent interviews with the Indians and their chiefs, including at the village of Red Wing above Lake Pepin.
4RegionSummer 1823SeasonSquatters began taking possession of the rich land occupied by the Sacs toward the mouth of Rock river; while the band were away on their winter's hunt, Americans fenced in Indian corn fields and claimed the land, including Black Hawk's village.