The Black Hawk War Military_operation was a brief conflict Violence between the United States and Native Americans led Causation by Black Hawk , a Sauk leader .

The Black Hawk War Military_operation was a brief conflict Violence between the United States and Native Americans led Causation by Black Hawk , a Sauk leader .

The war Military_operation erupted Process_start soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks , Meskwakis , and Kickapoos , known as the `` British Band '' , crossed Motion_directional the Mississippi River , into the U.S. state of Illinois , from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832 .

Black Hawk 's motives were ambiguous , but he was apparently hoping to avoid Preventing_or_letting bloodshed Violence while resettling Placing on tribal land that had been ceded Surrendering to the United States in the disputed Agree_or_refuse_to_act 1804 Treaty Sign_agreement of St. Louis .

Black Hawk responded Response by successfully attacking Attack the militia at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Stillman 's Run .

Black Hawk 's band was weakened Cause_change_of_strength by hunger , death Death , and desertion and many native survivors retreated Escaping towards the Mississippi .

Black Hawk and other leaders escaped Escaping , but later surrendered Surrendering and were imprisoned Arrest for a year .

The Black Hawk War Military_operation gave Giving the young captain Abraham Lincoln his brief military service Supply , although he never participated Participation in a battle Hostile_encounter .

The Winnebago War preceded Process_start the larger Black Hawk War of 1832 , which involved Participation many of the same people and concerned Participation similar issues .

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The attacks Attack at Fort Blue Mounds were two separate incidents Attack which occurred Presence on June 6 and 20 , 1832 , as part of the Black Hawk War Military_operation .

In the first incident Attack , area residents attributed Judgment_communication the killing Killing of a miner to a band of Ho-Chunk warriors , and concluded Coming_to_believe that more Ho-Chunk planned Arranging to join Becoming_a_member Black Hawk in his war Hostile_encounter against white settlers .

The attacks Attack also lent Causation credence to the belief that more Ho-Chunk were set Placing to join Becoming_a_member Black Hawk 's war Military_operation against white settlers in Illinois and Michigan Territory .