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Iowa News from across the
Country
- 1837 -
Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
February 13, 1837
Black Hawk
A correspondent of the Flemingsburg Ky. Whig of the 20th
January, makes the following statement relative to the reported
death of the famous Indian Chief Black Hawk. "I have seen it
stated in the Maysville Eagle and other papers, that the
celebrated Indian warrior, Black Hawk, was lately drowned in
crossing the Iowa river, while returning from the treaty, at Rock
Island. This is a mistake. The writer of this saw Black Hawk
after he returned from the Treaty. He was in Burlington on the
Mississippi river, and had crossed the Iowa some days before on
his return home. The report of the death of this distinguished
individual has probably arisen from a circumstance which occurred
while he was encamped, with his party, in the neighborhood of
Burlington. They had come down the Mississippi river, from the
treaty ground, in their canoes, and spent some days in the town;
they held there a general feast of rejoicing -- which continued
as long as their liquor lasted, and in crossing one of the
sloughs near town, Black Hawk, who was in a state of
intoxication, fell in and lost his hat. This was found some days
after the Indians had departed; and as no other Indian wears a
hat, it gave rise to a report that Black Hawk was drowned, and
such was believed to be the case, until the facts were
ascertained, which proved to be as I have related." Black
Hawk resides near Camp des Moines, in Ouisconsin Territory, on
the Mississippi river, and at the head of the Des Moines Rapids,
except when he is absent at his village on the head waters of the
Des Moines river.
[transcribed by S.F., March 2005]
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unknown paper
DuBuque, Wisconsin Territory
July 22, 1837
Iowa News
MARRIED- At the residence of Gen. G. W. Jones, Sinsinaway Mound,
W. T., on Thursday, the 20th inst. by the Rev. S. Mazzuchelli,
Mr. Benjamin H. Campbell of the firm of Campbell, Morehouse &
Co., Galena, to Miss Eliza Harriett Scott, daughter of Judge
Scott of Arkansas.
[transcribed by Ken Wright, February 2013;
transcriber's notes: Jones County, Iowa was named for Gen. Jones
and Rev. Mazzuchelli was recently nominated for sainthood]