Winnebago War

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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.

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Label Occurrences
Winnebago War canonical 3
Winnebago War of 1827 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Red Bird uprising
surface form: Red Bird War
commandedBy Henry Atkinson
Henry Dodge
Lewis Cass
conflictBelligerent Ho-Chunk
surface form: Ho-Chunk people

United States of America
surface form: United States

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
surface form: Winnebago people
conflictScope regional
conflictType Native American–United States conflict
countryInvolved United States of America
endTime 1827
ethnicGroupInvolved Ho-Chunk
Winnebago
surface form: 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 Valley
surface form: Upper Mississippi region

present-day Illinois
present-day Iowa
present-day Wisconsin
mainTheaterOfWar Upper Mississippi Valley
surface form: Upper Mississippi River valley
opposingCommander Red Bird
Wekau
outcome Ho-Chunk defeat
participant Ho-Chunk
surface form: Ho-Chunk warriors

United States Army
surface form: U.S. Army

territorial militia
partOf United States–Native American wars
surface form: American Indian Wars

United States territorial expansion
surface form: 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

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Black Hawk War precededBy Winnebago War
Red Bird conflict Winnebago War
Red Bird uprising alsoKnownAs Winnebago War
Wekau participatedIn Winnebago War
this entity surface form: Winnebago War of 1827