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Providence Daily Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Extract from a May 6, 1830 letter at Prairie du Chien describes a Sioux war party of 70, joined by 30 Menominees, pursuing and killing 10 Sacks and Foxes including their head chief and 2 squaws, taking scalps, trophies, and treaties since 1815. One Sioux killed, three wounded. Winnebagoes ally with Sioux/Menominees; Potawatomies with Sacks/Foxes; major battle expected soon.
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"PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, May 6, 1830."
When coming down the Mississippi on the raft of timber, a war party of Sioux, came to me and landed on the raft, but did not offer any violence. They were seventy strong, and well armed; and when they arrived at the Prairie, they were joined by thirty Menominees, and then proceeded down the river in pursuit of the Sacks and Foxes, who lay below. This morning they all returned, and reported that they had killed ten of the Foxes, and two Squaws. I saw all the scalps, and other trophies which they had taken; such as canoes, tomahawks, knives, guns, war clubs, spears, &c. A paddle was raised by them in the air, on which was strung the hand of a squaw and the scalps.—They killed the head Chief of the Fox nation, and took from them all the treaties which the nation had made since 1815. I saw them, and read such as I wished. One Sioux killed, and three wounded, was all the loss of the Northern party. The Winnebagoes have joined with the Sioux and Menominees, and the Potawatomies have joined with the Sacks and Foxes. We shall have a great battle in a day or so.
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Prairie Du Chien
Event Date
May 6, 1830
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killed ten of the foxes and two squaws, including the head chief of the fox nation; took scalps, hand of a squaw, canoes, tomahawks, knives, guns, war clubs, spears, and treaties since 1815. one sioux killed and three wounded.
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A war party of seventy Sioux, well armed, landed on the writer's timber raft on the Mississippi without violence, then joined by thirty Menominees at the Prairie, proceeded downriver in pursuit of the Sacks and Foxes. This morning they returned reporting the kills and trophies. Winnebagoes joined Sioux and Menominees; Potawatomies joined Sacks and Foxes. A great battle expected in a day or so.