WALLACE, ANTHONY F.C. - Prelude to Disaster: The Course of Indian-White Relations Which Led to the Black Hawk War of 1832

Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1st.ed. Volume XXXV of the Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library.red cloth, gilt. edges v.sl.rubbed. v.sl.marked. corners sl.bumped. vg+. 57pp [In the spring of 1832 a band of Sauk, Fox and Kickapoo Indians - about one thousand men, women, and children, led by a Sauk warrior named Black Hawk - crossed the Mississippi River into the State of Illinois and proceeded up the Rock River. Their movement was defined by the Governor of Illinois as an invasion. He mobilized militia and demanded the support of the army of the United States.]. Very Good .