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  2. Sauk people - Wikipedia

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    Michigan: The name of Saginaw is believed to mean "where the Sauk were" in Ojibwe; and the Saginaw Trail is said to follow an ancient Native American trail. [14] US Route 12 in Michigan is said to follow the Sauk Native American trail. [15] Minnesota: City of Sauk Centre, Le Sauk and Little Sauk townships, Lake Osakis, Sauk River, Sauk Rapids.

  3. Sauk Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Sauk Trail was originally a Native American trail running through what are present-day Illinois, Indiana and Michigan in the United States. From west to east, the trail ran from Rock Island on the Mississippi River to the Illinois River near modern Peru then along the north bank of that river to Joliet, and on to Valparaiso, Indiana.

  4. Unicoi Turnpike - Wikipedia

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    The trail began in Tennessee at Tellico Blockhouse on the Federal Road near Nine Mile Creek in present-day Vonore. [2] It entered the mountains in Unicoi Gap on its way east to present-day Murphy, North Carolina, and followed the Hiwassee River toward Hayesville, before turning south towards present-day Hiawassee, Georgia, and entering Georgia's Unicoi Gap.

  5. Sac and Fox Nation - Wikipedia

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    Treaty of Sauk and Fox (Confederated Tribes) in Washington, DC, October 21, 1837; Treaty of Sauk and Fox Agency, Iowa Territory, October 11, 1842 where the Sauk and Foxes cede all lands West of the Mississippi River, to which they have any claim. Treaty of Sauk and Fox of Missouri, Washington, DC, May 18, 1854

  6. Sinsinawa Mound raid - Wikipedia

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    In the aftermath of the raid, Captain James W. Stephenson set out to pursue the attackers—a straggling band of Sauk Native Americans—but lost their trail at the Mississippi River. The attack occurred in the same week as other skirmishes and raids, and as a result helped contribute to the growing fear in the region.

  7. Black Hawk State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The Black Hawk State Historic Site, in Rock Island, Illinois, is adjacent to the historic site of the village of Saukenuk, the home of a band of Native Americans of the Sauk nation. It includes the John Hauberg Museum of Native American Life. The state park is located on a 150 feet (50 m) bluff overlooking the Rock River in western

  8. Dragoon Trace - Wikipedia

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    For the next two years, the natives lived harmoniously in three separate groups not far from the fort. After receiving their annuity payment in the fall of 1845, the Native Americans mournfully made ready to vacate their beloved Iowa. Keokuk led the Sauk people single file out of Iowa on September 10, 1845, down the Dragoon Trace to Fort ...

  9. Battle of Bad Axe - Wikipedia

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    As the Native Americans retreated toward the river, the militia's left wing were left in the rear without orders. [17] When a regiment stumbled across the main trail to the camp, the scouts could only fight in retreat and hope that they had given their comrades a chance to escape the militia, while the Sauk and Fox kept retreating to the river ...