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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 11 : the Black Hawk War . (search)
Chapter 11: the Black Hawk War.
The events of this period, called the Black Hawk War, have become so shrouded in the mists of time that a short statement of the causes will not seem inappropriate.
The name Sauke, now abbreviated to Sac, means yellow earth; Musquakee, now Fox, red earth.
These two warlike tribes eventually became amalgamated; they were originally from the St. Lawrence River.
The Foxes first settled at Green Bay, and the river near which they made their abode still bears their name.
There they sustained a signal defeat by the united forces of the friendly Indians and French troops, and the slaughter was so great that the hill on which the engagement took place has ever since been called the Butte des Morts.
This was modified by an old frontier settler, Mrs. Arndt, into Betty Mores.
From this and various other causes the two tribes were so depleted that they joined forces, and, though still keeping their community independence, became practically one tri
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 22 : the secret service fund --charges against Webster , 1845 -46 . (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 40 : social relations and incidents of Cabinet life, 1853 -57 . (search)