NEUTRAL
Black Hawk War
De Soto, United States
<b>Battle Bluff ↑ </b>Elv 1139ft <br><br> <b>Battle Hollow → </b> Severe fighting 1 mile east between Gen. Henry's 300 Ill. militia and 300 Sac Indians Aug. 2 1832. <br><br> <b>← Battle Island</b> Hard fighting opposite. 1200 white soldiers engaged. 17 killed. 12 wounded of Indians. 150 shot, 150 drowned, 50 taken prisoners. 300 crossed river of whom 150 were killed by Sioux instigated by Gen. Atkinson. Of the 1000 Sacs who crossed the river from Iowa in April 1832, "not more than 150 survived to tell the tragic story of the <b>Black Hawk War</b>."<br> R.G. Thwaites <br><br> No. 8 CVP 1930 S