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182 NOTES ON THE NORTHWEST. 



of the Black Hawk war. They resided betw^een the two 

 rivers till the last fall (1845), when, according to their treaty 

 of 1842, they removed west of the Missouri. 



Mr. Schoolcraft gives the following sketch of the contest 

 with the Chippewas, by which they were compelled to retire 



south : 



" The St. Croix River, at the falls (says Mr. Schoolcraft), 

 is the battle-ground of Wahbojeeg, a celebrated Chippeway 

 war chief of the last century, and testifies to an event in In- 

 dian tradition. Like most of the incidents in Indian warfare 

 in this region, it is connected with the restless spirit, en-atic 

 adventure and ambitious daring of the tribes who are this 

 season (1832) arrayed in hostility to the settlements on the 

 Wisconsin. It is one of the links of the curious train of 

 history of the Sauk and Fox tribes w4io have fought their 

 way from the St. Lawrence thus far across the continent, 

 and been successively embroiled with each of the white 

 powers^ and perhaps with some exceptions with each of the 

 Indian tribes of the north. They appear by their language 

 and traditions to be Algonquins, and may be traced, as a 

 starting point, to the north shores of Lake Ontario. They 

 appear to have been driven thence for perfidy. They lived 

 long at, and gave the name to Saganaw. They went to the 

 Fox River of Green Bay, which is named after them, and 

 here embroiled themselves with the Menomoncs, the Chippe- 

 was and the French.* They were finally driven thence by 

 force of arms. They fled to the Wisconsin, where Carver 



* It does not appear on what authority Mr. Schoolcraft gives the above 

 relation. The character of the Sauks or Musquakas is not perfidious. It 

 is true that the Sauks, if not the Foxes, came from the lower St. Law 

 rence, below the lake But when the first French visited Green Bay, 

 prior to 1700, they found there the Outagamis or Foxes, and at the portage 

 the Sauks. The union of the two bands more probably occurred there, 

 after a contest between them for possession of the country. 



