It occurred as a result of demands made by agent Thomas Forsyth, who was backed up by superintendent William Clark.
It occurred as a result of demands made by agent Thomas Forsyth, who was backed up by superintendent William Clark. After Governor John Reynolds demanded that the militia be called out, General Edmund Gaines promised to send forces from St. Louis to the Saukenuk area. After a long retreat through the Rock River Valley, the final engagement of this war was fought at the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin. FTP, name this conflict between the United States and the Sauk and Fox Indians which was fought in Illinois in 1832 and named for a rival to Chief Keokuk.
It occurred as a result of demands made by agent Thomas Forsyth, who was backed up by superintendent William Clark.
the Black Hawk War