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Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls

Charles Martin Scanlan

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. . . then set off after the other five who held their guns crosswise over their heads as a sign of friendship. The whites killed two of the five and chased the others into Black Hawk’s camp. Then the Indians set upon Stillman’s army, cut it to pieces, and chased the scattered remnants for many miles. The place of that battle is known as “Stillman’s Run.”7 The disgrace of the entire affair has been a dark blot upon the white man’s bravery and his manner of dealing with the Indians. Up to this time the Indians had committed no crime nor act of war against the whites.8

7 “Life of Albert Sidney Johnston,” Johnston, 35.

8 12 Wis. Hist. Col., 230; “History of Indiana,” Esarey, 323; “The Black Hawk War,” 129-144.

BLACK HAWK AS A CIVILIAN.

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Community Reviews

Being as this story happened practically in my backyard nearly 200 years ago, I wanted to read this little book. This was actually a reprint, or should I say photocopied page by page edition of a book from 1915. The author did interview some folks who remembered the event from their youth.

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