Black Hawk's Band of 1832, commonly referred to as the "British Band", was a group of Native Americans which fought against Illinois State and Michigan Territory militia units during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The band was composed of about 1,500 men, women, and children from the Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Ho-Chunk, and Potawatomi nations; about 500 of that number were warriors.

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  • Black Hawk's Band of 1832, commonly referred to as the "British Band", was a group of Native Americans which fought against Illinois State and Michigan Territory militia units during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The band was composed of about 1,500 men, women, and children from the Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Ho-Chunk, and Potawatomi nations; about 500 of that number were warriors. The band crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois in an attempt to reclaim their homeland and in violation of several treaties. Black Hawk's alliance with the British dated back to the War of 1812 and the British Band's action was encouraged, in part, by promises of British aid, which were never fulfilled. Subsequently, both the Illinois and Michigan Territory militia were called up and the Black Hawk War ensued. Following a surprising British Band victory at the Battle of Stillman's Run, several small massacres and skirmishes followed. Most of the engagements were militarily insignificant until the final two encounters at Wisconsin Heights and the Bad Axe River. Members of the Band who were not killed in the war were either captured or returned home. Those taken prisoner during the decisive battle and the weeks afterward were released at the end of August 1832 by Winfield Scott. Black Hawk was himself taken east, where in 1833 he dictated his autobiography, the first Native American autobiography published in the United States.
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  • 1831–1832
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  • This 1854 artist rendering depicts members of the British Band at Stillman's Run.
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  • Battle of Bad Axe
  • Battle of Wisconsin Heights
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  • British Band
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  • ~500 warriors ~1,000 civilians
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  • Black Hawk's Band of 1832, commonly referred to as the "British Band", was a group of Native Americans which fought against Illinois State and Michigan Territory militia units during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The band was composed of about 1,500 men, women, and children from the Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Ho-Chunk, and Potawatomi nations; about 500 of that number were warriors.
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  • British Band
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