In the spring of 1832 a band of Sac and Fox Indians following the warrior Black Hawk crossed the Mississippi River, moving eastward from present-day Iowa to their ancestral lands in northern Illinois' Rock River valley. The Indians disputed the 1804 treaty that had seemingly ceded these lands to the United States, and found that they could not live among unfriendly tribes and poor farm lands west of the Mississippi. 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... SAC is a three letter acronym which has several meanings: SAC Capital Partners is a hedge fund managed by Steven A. Cohen. ... The Fox tribe of Native Americans are an Algonquian language-speaking group that are now merged with the allied Sac tribe as the Sac and Fox Nation. ... Black Hawk Black Hawk (Makataimeshekiakiak) (1767–October 3, 1838) was a chief of the Sauk Native American people in what is now the United States. ... This page is about the river in the United States; there is also a Canadian Mississippi River (Ontario). ... State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Senators Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th)  - Land 144,701 km²  - Water 1,042 km² (0. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official language(s) English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... The Rock River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 285 miles (459 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Illinois. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Black Hawk and his followers soon found that their presence caused an uproar in Illinois. State militia and federal troops quickly massed to destroy them. After several encounters in which the two parties' inability to communicate with one another prevented Black Hawk's intended surrender, he led his band on a desperate flight across central and western Wisconsin. Hoping to retreat to the Mississippi's western banks, the Sac and Fox instead found themselves trapped on its eastern shore near Bad Axe, Wisconsin. American troops attacked their camp from the east, and hostile Sioux, long the enemies of the Sac and Fox and aligned with the U.S. Government, waited for them across the river. To make matters worse, the steamboat U.S.S. Warrior, a privately owned craft chartered by the U.S. Army for a mission to the Sioux, came upon the unfolding conflict. Patrolling the Mississippi's channel, the Warrior's artillery piece subjected Indians, from men attempting to cross the Mississippi on rafts to women swimming with children on their backs, to fatal fire. A militia is a group of citizens organized to provide paramilitary service. ... State nickname: Badger State State motto: Forward Other U.S. States Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Governor Jim Doyle (D) Senators Herb Kohl (D) Russ Feingold (D) Official languages None Area 169,790 km² (23rd)  - Land 140,787 km²  - Water 28,006 km² (17%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,453,896... Alternative meaning: Lakota, Côte dIvoire is a département of Côte dIvoire. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

In the end, the massacre at Bad Axe decimated the small band of Sac and Fox and ended the brief conflict known as the Black Hawk War. The Black Hawk War was fought in 1832 in the Midwestern section of the United States. ...