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  2. Battle of Bad Axe - Wikipedia

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    In an 1804 treaty between the governor of Indiana Territory and a council of leaders from the Sauk and Fox, Native American tribes ceded 50 million acres (200,000 km 2) of their land to the United States for $2,234.50 and an annual annuity of $1,000. [2] [3] The treaty also allowed the Sauk and Fox to remain on their land until it was sold. [3]

  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. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Kittanning Path - Wikipedia

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    For centuries the Kittanning Path, like the similar Chief Nemacolin's Trail to the south, was the overland route through very tough country [d] for Native American peoples. They included Iroquoian-speaking tribes, such as the Erie , Susquehannock , and the Five Nations of the Iroquois confederacy, as well as the Algonquian-speaking Lenape ...

  7. List of Adena culture sites - Wikipedia

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    The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that started during the latter end of the early Woodland Period (1000 to 200 BCE) . The Adena culture existed from 500 BC into the First Century CE [ 1 ] and refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system.

  8. 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 Illinois.

  9. Battle of Wisconsin Heights - Wikipedia

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    The site of the Battle of Wisconsin Heights is preserved in northwestern Dane County, two miles (3 km) southeast of present-day Sauk City on State Highway 78. It is owned by the Department of Natural Resources, and is open to the public. It is the only intact battle site from the American Indian Wars found in the U.S. Midwest. [11]