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    The Bad Axe Massacre was a massacre of Sauk (Sac) and Fox Indians by United States Army regulars and militia that occurred on August 1–2, 1832. This final...
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    Black Hawk War (category Native American history of Illinois)
    Mississippi. On August 2, U.S. soldiers attacked the remnants of the British Band at the Battle of Bad Axe, killing many and capturing most who remained alive....
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    Warrior (steamboat) (category Steamships of the United States)
    and into the war zone. Warrior played a key role in the decisive Battle of Bad Axe. Following the war the steamboat continued its service under Throckmorton...
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    The Bad Axe River is a 4.2-mile-long (6.8 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin in the United States. "Bad axe" is a translation...
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    the Bad Axe massacre at the mouth of the Bad Axe River. As a consequence of an 1804 treaty between the Governor of Indiana Territory and a group of Sauk...
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    in March 1832, missing the outbreak of the Black Hawk War, and returned to duty just before the Battle of Bad Axe, which ended the war. When Black Hawk...
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    certificate for 20 years; it was found by U.S. forces after the Battle of Bad Axe, along with a flag similar in description to that which Dickson gave to...
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    Henry Atkinson (soldier) (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    command of U.S. forces during the Black Hawk War (1832). Although he delivered the final blow to the Black Hawk Indians at the Battle of Bad Axe, Atkinson...
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    written certificate of good behavior and alliance with the British. The certificate would be found 20 years later, after the Battle of Bad Axe, carefully preserved...
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    It also is served by the BNSF Railway. The Battle of Bad Axe, the final battle of the Black Hawk War of 1832, took place near this community. The community's...
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    Wapasha II (category Native Americans in the War of 1812)
    were at the mouth of the Bad Axe River, and was soon engaged in battle. On August 2, Wabasha and his warriors arrived on the west bank of the river, after...
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  • America's First Civil War: Alan Taylor's new history poses the revolution as a battle inside America as well as for its liberty Archived June 26, 2017, at the...
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    kept their same borders. Bad Axe County existed from 1851 to 1862. It was named after the Bad Axe River and the Battle of Bad Axe. It was renamed to Vernon...
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    1845, during the annexation of Texas, President James K. Polk dispatched Taylor to the Rio Grande in anticipation of a battle with Mexico over the disputed...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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    Ronan, the first graduate of West Point to be killed in combat, died in this ambush. The incident is referred to as the Battle of Fort Dearborn. A Potawatomi...
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    Fort Armstrong (Illinois) (category Pre-statehood history of Wisconsin)
    following the Battle of Bad Axe. They spent the winter held at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, after which the Army took the men on a tour of Eastern cities...
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  • run. Axe Cop is about the adventures of a police officer who prefers to wield an axe in battle. He is a gruff, tough man, dedicated to killing bad guys...
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    William S. Hamilton (category Members of the Illinois House of Representatives)
    University of Nebraska Press: 2004, p. 111, (ISBN 0803282931). Retrieved September 25, 2007. Trask, Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America, p...
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    at the Battle of Bad Axe, where the militia and its allies massacred a weakened foe, by then made up of mostly women and children. The remains of the soldiers...
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    allies of Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Many Kickapoo warriors participated in the Battle of Tippecanoe and the subsequent War of 1812 on the side of the British...
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    the conflict had come to a close with the army's victory at the Battle of Bad Axe. Scott and Governor John Reynolds concluded the Black Hawk Purchase...
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    Fort Crawford (category Pre-statehood history of Wisconsin)
    Fort Crawford were called to defend pioneer settlements. After the Battle of Bad Axe near present-day Victory, Wisconsin, Chief Black Hawk surrendered...
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    recapture Fort Mackinac in the Battle of Mackinac Island. During the ensuing decades, the Menominee were pressured by encroachment of new European-American settlers...
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    Joseph Throckmorton (category American people of the Black Hawk War)
    the Battle of Bad Axe. The battle itself has often been referred to as a massacre. For his part, Throckmorton admitted that he was suspicious of the motives...
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    culminated into what has been described as a massacre and slaughter at the Battle of Bad Axe. US troops shot at Indigenous women, children, and men as they were...
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    The axe has many forms and specialised uses but generally consists of an axe head with a handle, also called a haft or a helve. Before the modern axe, the...
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    Native American people. They have been closely linked to the Sauk people of the same language family. In the Meskwaki language, the Meskwaki call themselves...
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    Shabbona (category Native Americans of the Black Hawk War)
    September 27, at the Battle of the Thames, the American overtook the retreating British and Indian forces. As the pitch of battle swirled around Tecumseh...
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  • Alexander Posey (general) (category Year of death missing)
    specifically in the later stages of the second campaign as one of the commanders present at the Battle of Bad Axe. Born in Orange County, Virginia to...
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