60:, in which a Potawatomi war band killed 38 American soldiers, 14 civilians, captured dozens more, and burned Fort Dearborn to the ground. Following the War of 1812, the United States regularly sent agents to Geneva Lake to spy on Big Foot, including the Odawa leader
114:, trading much of southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois to the United States. Under the treaty, the United States forcibly removed Big Foot and the Potawatomi band from Geneva Lake to the
68:, which interfered with Big Foot's plans to make further war against the United States. He spent several decades preparing for further hostilities against the United States that never materialized.
95:
leaders, to negotiate and sign a treaty with the United States establishing a temporary border between the territories of their bands and the United States through what is now
365:
334:"Ratified treaty no. 189, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of September 26, 1833, with the United Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians"
130:
71:
Following encroachment on their land by a fast-growing number
American settlers, especially after the establishment of new lead mines on the
291:
266:
241:
187:
154:
115:
30:
138:
307:
72:
49:
204:
142:
111:
210:
146:
76:
150:
20:
333:
287:
262:
237:
183:
129:
Several modern locations around Geneva Lake bear Big Foot's name, including the community of
123:
107:
65:
359:
284:
Rising Up from Indian
Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago
158:
57:
34:
92:
38:
110:
of 1832, in which Big Foot did not participate, he negotiated and signed the
161:. The original settler name for Geneva Lake in Wisconsin was Big Foot Lake.
96:
42:
134:
119:
100:
80:
61:
53:
84:
88:
182:. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 45–46.
286:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 206.
203:
180:Land Too Good for Indians: Northern Indian Removal
234:The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard
236:. Chicago: Wentworth Press. pp. 170–171.
37:(today Geneva Lake) in what would become the
8:
338:University of Wisconsin Digital Collection
29:, meaning “Big Foot”) was a leader of the
170:
64:and the British-Potawatomi fur trader
106:After the Potawatomi’s defeat in the
7:
366:19th-century Native American leaders
48:Big Foot likely led his band in the
14:
155:Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin
308:"Treaty with the Winnebago, Etc"
205:"Indian Writes of Early History"
75:, in 1828, Big Foot traveled to
261:. Andesite Press. p. 23.
1:
232:Hubbard, Gurdon S. (1888).
221:– via Newspapers.com.
153:, Big Foot Country Club in
382:
157:, and The Big Foot Inn in
31:Prairie Band of Potawatomi
257:Jenkins, Paul B. (2017).
139:Big Foot Beach State Park
312:Tribal Treaties Database
282:Keating, Ann D. (2012).
259:The Book of Lake Geneva
178:Bowes, John P. (2017).
50:Battle of Fort Dearborn
143:Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
112:1833 Treaty of Chicago
211:Racine Journal Times
147:Big Foot High School
151:Walworth, Wisconsin
314:. January 7, 1829
133:in Wisconsin and
373:
350:
349:
347:
345:
330:
324:
323:
321:
319:
304:
298:
297:
279:
273:
272:
254:
248:
247:
229:
223:
222:
220:
219:
207:
200:
194:
193:
175:
131:Big Foot Prairie
124:Lawrence, Kansas
381:
380:
376:
375:
374:
372:
371:
370:
356:
355:
354:
353:
343:
341:
332:
331:
327:
317:
315:
306:
305:
301:
294:
281:
280:
276:
269:
256:
255:
251:
244:
231:
230:
226:
217:
215:
202:
201:
197:
190:
177:
176:
172:
167:
12:
11:
5:
379:
377:
369:
368:
358:
357:
352:
351:
325:
299:
292:
274:
267:
249:
242:
224:
195:
188:
169:
168:
166:
163:
108:Black Hawk War
66:Billy Caldwell
56:, part of the
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
378:
367:
364:
363:
361:
339:
335:
329:
326:
313:
309:
303:
300:
295:
293:9780226428963
289:
285:
278:
275:
270:
268:9781375846783
264:
260:
253:
250:
245:
243:9780469795556
239:
235:
228:
225:
213:
212:
206:
199:
196:
191:
189:9780806159652
185:
181:
174:
171:
164:
162:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
127:
125:
122:and later to
121:
117:
113:
109:
104:
102:
98:
94:
90:
86:
82:
79:, along with
78:
74:
69:
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
46:
44:
40:
36:
32:
28:
27:
22:
18:
342:. Retrieved
337:
328:
316:. Retrieved
311:
302:
283:
277:
258:
252:
233:
227:
216:. Retrieved
214:. 1933-08-30
209:
198:
179:
173:
128:
116:Platte River
105:
91:, and other
73:Galena River
70:
47:
35:Kishwauketoe
25:
24:
16:
15:
159:Harvard, IL
58:War of 1812
218:2021-07-28
165:References
93:Potawatomi
39:U.S. State
26:Maungeezik
21:Potawatomi
97:Wisconsin
77:Green Bay
43:Wisconsin
360:Category
344:July 27,
135:Illinois
120:Missouri
101:Illinois
81:Ho-Chunk
62:Shabbona
17:Big Foot
318:July 9,
54:Chicago
340:. 1833
290:
265:
240:
186:
85:Ojibwe
89:Odawa
346:2021
320:2024
288:ISBN
263:ISBN
238:ISBN
184:ISBN
99:and
149:in
141:in
118:in
52:in
41:of
33:on
362::
336:.
310:.
208:.
145:,
137:,
126:.
103:.
87:,
83:,
45:.
23::
348:.
322:.
296:.
271:.
246:.
192:.
19:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.