Black Hawk War

E1485
19th-century conflict war

The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.

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Label Occurrences
Black Hawk War canonical 65
Black Hawk War (1832) 1
Black Hawk War of 1832 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
battle Battle of Bad Axe ⓘ
Battle of Stillman’s Run ⓘ
Battle of Wisconsin Heights ⓘ
Indian Creek massacre ⓘ
cause Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
dispute over land cessions ⓘ
commandedBy Henry Atkinson ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
conflictBetween Native American tribes ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1832-08-27 ⓘ
followedBy further Native American removals in the Old Northwest ⓘ
hasCasualties United States forces and Native American warriors and noncombatants ⓘ
hasParticipant Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Black Hawk ⓘ
Henry Atkinson ⓘ
Ho-Chunk ⓘ
Illinois militia ⓘ
Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Sauk ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
historicalPeriod Jacksonian era ⓘ
involvesEthnicGroup Ho-Chunk ⓘ
surface form: Ho-Chunk people

Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki people

Potawatomi ⓘ
surface form: Potawatomi people

Sauk people ⓘ
location Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Iowa Territory

Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Territory

Wisconsin ⓘ
surface form: Wisconsin Territory
namedAfter Black Hawk ⓘ
notableFor early military service of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
final armed Native American resistance to U.S. expansion in Illinois and Wisconsin ⓘ
opposingCommander Black Hawk ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: American Indian Wars

United States–Native American wars ⓘ
precededBy Winnebago War ⓘ
relatedTo Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
result United States victory ⓘ
forcible removal of Native Americans from Illinois ⓘ
further cession of Native American lands ⓘ
startDate 1832-04-06 ⓘ
theater Old Northwest ⓘ
year 1832 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abraham Lincoln → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Illinois militia → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Black Hawk → militaryConflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
United States–Native American wars → notableSubconflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Indian Creek massacre → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Indian Creek massacre → partOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → causeOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Winfield Scott → participantIn → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Illinois frontier → relatedEvent → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Potawatomi → involvedInConflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Winnebago War → followedBy → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Sauk people → notableEvent → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Wisconsin Heights → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Wisconsin Heights → partOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Wisconsin Heights → campaign → Black Hawk War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Hawk’s 1832 campaign
Battle of Bad Axe → conflictOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Bad Axe → partOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Bad Axe → isFinalEngagementOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Stillman’s Run → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Stillman’s Run → partOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Makataimeshekiakiak → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak → notableFor → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Henry Atkinson → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Henry Atkinson → notableEvent → Black Hawk War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Hawk War of 1832
Indian Creek Massacre Memorial near Earlville, Illinois → eventCommemorated → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Indian Creek Massacre Memorial near Earlville, Illinois → hasSubject → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Indian Creek Massacre Memorial near Earlville, Illinois → associatedWithConflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Sauk → notableEvent → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Sauk village of Saukenuk → historicalEvent → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Zachary Taylor → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Sac → historicalEvent → Black Hawk War ⓘ
subject surface form: Sauk
Sac and Fox → involvedInConflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Treaty of Chicago → after → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Red Bird uprising → relatedTo → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Henry Atkinson – United States forces → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Atkinson
Henry Atkinson – United States forces → partOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Atkinson
this entity surface form: United States forces in the Black Hawk War
Battle of Bad Axe Monument → commemorates → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Bad Axe Monument → topic → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Battle of Bad Axe Monument → associatedWithMilitaryConflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Bad Axe Massacre → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Bad Axe Massacre → partOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Indian Creek → historicallySignificantEvent → Black Hawk War ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Creek (Illinois)
Indian Creek → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Creek massacre
Indian Creek → partOf → Black Hawk War ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Creek massacre
Albert Sidney Johnston → participatedIn → Black Hawk War ⓘ
David Bailey → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
John Ewing → participatedIn → Black Hawk War ⓘ
John Ewing → conflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ
Isaiah Stillman → militaryConflict → Black Hawk War ⓘ