 During our stay in the thicket a party of whites came close by us, but passed on without discovering us. Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance of the army, came upon our people, who were attempting to cross the Mississippi. They tried...  The History of Wisconsin: Documentary - Page 153by William Rudolph Smith - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1834 - 172 pages
...cross the Mississippi — that a number had already got over safe, and that he had heard the white army last. night within a fe*w miles of them. I now began...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murr dering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1834 - 174 pages
...Mississippi. They tried to give themselves up—the whites paid no attention to their entreaties—but commenced slaughtering them ! In a little while the...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Franc Bangs Wilkie - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 376 pages
...Mississippi. They tried to give themselves up—the whites paid no attention to their entreaties—but commenced slaughtering them! In a little while the...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex,"and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Henry Eduard Legler - Wisconsin - 1898 - 336 pages
...Indians could carry more than a few of them across. The story is best told in the words of Black Hawk: "Early in the morning a party of whites, being in...but few In number, finding that the enemy paid no attention to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Henry Eduard Legler - Wisconsin - 1898 - 332 pages
...party of whites, being in advance ol the army, came upon our people, who were attempting to fiross the Mississippi; they tried to give themselves up;...little while the whole army arrived; our braves, but lew in number, finding that the enemy paid no attention to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering... | |
 | Norman Barton Wood - Indians - 1906 - 806 pages
...Mississippi. The account we give of it is quoted from Black Hawk's autobiography, in which the chief said : "Early in the morning a party of whites, being in...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1912 - 192 pages
...cross the Mississippi — that a number had already got over safe, and that he had heard the white army last night within a few miles of them. I now began...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | 1916 - 226 pages
...cross the Mississippi — that a number had already got over safe, and that he had heard the white army last night within a few miles of them. I now began...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1916 - 228 pages
...the Great Spirit would not give us another victory! During our stay in the thicket, a party of 158 whites came close by us, but passed on without discovering...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Biography & Autobiography - 1964 - 202 pages
...cross the Mississippi — that a number had already got over safe, and that he had heard the white army last night within a few miles of them. I now began...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
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