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- British_Band abstract "American Indian WarsThe British Band was a mixed-nation group of Native Americans, under the leadership of the Sauk Black Hawk, which fought against Illinois and Michigan Territory militias during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The band was composed of about 1,500 men, women, and children from the Sauk, Meskwaki, Fox, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Ottawa nations; about 500 of that number were warriors. Black Hawk had an alliance with the British that dated from the War of 1812, giving them their colloquial name. The band crossed the Mississippi River from Iowa into Illinois in an attempt to reclaim their homeland and in violation of several treaties. Subsequently, both the Illinois and Michigan Territory militia were called up and the Black Hawk War ensued.The British Band was victorious at the Battle of Stillman's Run and the military engagements that followed were insignificant until the final two encounters: the Wisconsin Heights and the Bad Axe River. Band members who survived the war were either imprisoned or returned home. All the prisoners taken following the conflict were released by Winfield Scott at the end of August 1832, except Black Hawk who was taken east, where in 1833 he dictated his autobiography, the first Native American autobiography published in the United States.".
- British_Band thumbnail Stillman's_Run_artist_depiction1.jpg?width=300.
- British_Band wikiPageExternalLink books?id=8ZIXkMBBLw0C&pg=PP1&ots=jRiFSxlvrb&dq=trask+black+hawk&sig=nSjlUFPdozq5Pa4BZ_xxnI2XDnU.
- British_Band wikiPageExternalLink 201095.pdf.
- British_Band wikiPageExternalLink Blackhawk.htm.
- British_Band wikiPageID "13353120".
- British_Band wikiPageRevisionID "597931136".
- British_Band active "1831".
- British_Band allies "22".
- British_Band area Illinois.
- British_Band area Michigan_Territory.
- British_Band caption "This 1854 artist rendering depicts members of the British Band at Stillman's Run.".
- British_Band clans Meskwaki.
- British_Band clans Sauk_people.
- British_Band clans "Fox".
- British_Band clans "Ho-Chunk".
- British_Band clans "Kickapoo".
- British_Band clans "Ottawa".
- British_Band clans "Potawatomi".
- British_Band hasPhotoCollection British_Band.
- British_Band leaders Black_Hawk_(Sauk_leader).
- British_Band name "British Band".
- British_Band opponents Illinois.
- British_Band opponents Michigan_Territory.
- British_Band opponents Militia.
- British_Band opponents United_States_Army.
- British_Band strength "~1,000 civilians".
- British_Band strength "~500 warriors".
- British_Band war "the Black Hawk War".
- British_Band subject Category:Algonquian_peoples.
- British_Band subject Category:Black_Hawk_War.
- British_Band subject Category:History_of_Illinois.
- British_Band subject Category:Native_American_history_of_Illinois.
- British_Band subject Category:Sac_and_Fox.
- British_Band type Abstraction100002137.
- British_Band type AlgonquianPeoples.
- British_Band type Group100031264.
- British_Band type People107942152.
- British_Band comment "American Indian WarsThe British Band was a mixed-nation group of Native Americans, under the leadership of the Sauk Black Hawk, which fought against Illinois and Michigan Territory militias during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The band was composed of about 1,500 men, women, and children from the Sauk, Meskwaki, Fox, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Ottawa nations; about 500 of that number were warriors.".
- British_Band label "British Band".
- British_Band sameAs m.03c2ltp.
- British_Band sameAs Q4969552.
- British_Band sameAs Q4969552.
- British_Band sameAs British_Band.
- British_Band wasDerivedFrom British_Band?oldid=597931136.
- British_Band depiction Stillman's_Run_artist_depiction1.jpg.
- British_Band isPrimaryTopicOf British_Band.