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The Black Hawk War - Rockford Public Schools

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1803-1804<br />

<strong>The</strong>se were crucial years for<br />

the Sauk and Mesquakie<br />

tribes. First, the U.S.<br />

purchased the Louisiana<br />

Territory from the French.<br />

Soon, U.S. officials arrived at<br />

St. Louis to claim the Upper<br />

Mississippi Valley. Shortly<br />

after, a Sauk warrior killed a<br />

white settler north of St St.<br />

Louis. U.S. officials<br />

demanded that the local<br />

leaders turn over the warrior warrior.<br />

<strong>The</strong> warrior was locked up in<br />

Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis.

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