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Toe News England Magazine contains a highly interestingarticle on the renown*ed Chief Black Hawk, an Inlianith whom the eirly settlers of Dubuque, Galena and surrounding country had much to do about sixty yearsago. There are still living a nu nberof our citizens, hale and hearty in n,such as ex*Senator, Gen. Jones, 8am*uei Scott and others who have a vividremembrance of the great red warrior.And many of those Indians weregreat men, although ignorantof bo ksreading only from the great volume of nature. With this howeverthey were perfectly familiar and theygave to it a deeper study than theblt;*ok worm gives to the t mes overwhich he ponders. No greater organizers of diverse elements ever livtdthan I’outUc and Tecum sell.No braverwarriors ever led their feeble bandsinto hopeless conflict than King Puilipand Black Hawk. It is of the lattterwith which this article in the N wEngland Magazine deals. The follow*iug is one of the incidents related ofhim:After the repulse of the Bri ish and Indians at Fort Stephenson in August, 1813, Black Hawk became dis*gus td with the ill fortune just then attending the British arms and took summary leave for Rock river. A party was sent by iho Americans to followTne pursuit was continued un-till the party became 'onfu*edby a multiplicity of tra Is, was forced tobreak up, ant! each man had to lookout for his own safety. On emergingfrom a tk.-ket one day a scout named Kilbourn saw at a distance an Indian on his hands and knees si ikimr his
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Dubuque Evening Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 11, 1892
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