The Bad Axe River is a short tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin in the United States. The river's mouth at the Mississippi was the site of an 1832 U.S. Army massacre of Sac and Fox Indians at the end of the Black Hawk War. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin  Lake Itasca Mouth  Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... 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... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The Sauks or Sacs (Asakiwaki in their own language or Osakiwug) are a group of First Nations/Native Americans whose original territory may have been along the St. ... 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. ... The Black Hawk War was fought in 1832 in the Midwestern section of the United States. ...

Course

The Bad Axe River flows for its entire length in western Vernon County, and for most of its length as two streams, the North Fork Bad Axe River and the South Fork Bad Axe River. The North Fork rises at the town of Westby and flows generally southwestwardly. The South Fork rises about 3 mi (5 km) south of Viroqua and flows generally westwardly. The Bad Axe flows for only about 5 mi (8 km) westward from the convergence of the two forks to its confluence with the Mississippi, about 6 mi (10 km) south of Genoa. Vernon County is a county located in the state of Wisconsin. ... Westby is a city located in Vernon County, Wisconsin. ... Viroqua is a city located in Vernon County, Wisconsin. ... Genoa is a village located in Vernon County, Wisconsin. ...

See also

• List of Wisconsin rivers