CHAPTER VIII

THE END OF THE “BLACK HAWK” WAR

What's in a name?--Black Hawk--The Treaty of 1804--How it was kept--The Treaty of 1830--The beginning of the end--The Illinois militia--Through Wisconsin--Cholera--General Atkinson's march continued--The Bad Axe River--An unlooked-for meeting--On board the _Warrior_--A dialogue--A _mauvais quart d'heure_--The white men's revenge--Fording the river, in pursuit--A brief battle--The Sioux--Capture of Black Hawk--_Vae victis!_ 106