Winnebago War

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armed conflict war

The Winnebago War was a brief 1827 conflict between the United States and the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the Upper Mississippi region, sparked by tensions over land cessions and American expansion.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict → war →
alsoKnownAs	Red Bird War →
commandedBy	Henry Atkinson → Henry Dodge → Lewis Cass →
conflictBelligerent	Ho-Chunk people → United States → Winnebago people →
conflictScope	regional →
conflictType	Native American–United States conflict →
countryInvolved	United States of America →
endTime	1827 →
ethnicGroupInvolved	Ho-Chunk → Winnebago Nation →
followedBy	Black Hawk War →
hasCause	American expansion → disputes over treaties → resentment over lead mining operations on Ho-Chunk land → rumors of impending U.S. attack on Ho-Chunk → settler encroachment on Ho-Chunk lands → tensions over land cessions →
hasDuration	brief →
hasEffect	acceleration of Native American removal from the area → further land cessions by the Ho-Chunk → increased U.S. military presence in the region →
historicalRegion	Old Northwest →
locatedIn	Michigan Territory → Upper Mississippi region → present-day Illinois → present-day Iowa → present-day Wisconsin →
mainTheaterOfWar	Upper Mississippi River valley →
opposingCommander	Red Bird → Wekau →
outcome	Ho-Chunk defeat →
participant	Ho-Chunk warriors → U.S. Army → territorial militia →
partOf	American Indian Wars → United States expansion into the Old Northwest →
precededBy	earlier tensions over the 1825 Prairie du Chien treaty →
result	United States victory →
significantEvent	Red Bird uprising → attacks on American settlers and miners → surrender of Red Bird →
startTime	1827 →
timePeriod	19th century →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Red Bird uprising →	alsoKnownAs
Red Bird →	conflict
Black Hawk War →	precededBy