What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1832 – 2 Aug 1832
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.46° N, 91.22° W
- Description
- 1832 battle between Sauk and Fox Indians and United States Army
Battle of Bad Axe
1832 massacre of Sauk and Meskwaki people by the United States Army
The Bad Axe Massacre was a massacre of Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) people by United States Army regulars and militia that occurred on August 1–2, 1832. This final scene of the Black Hawk War took place near present-day Victory, Wisconsin, in the United States.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Bad Axe Massacre ends the last major Native American rebellion east of the Mississippi in the United States”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
Nearby in time and place
- Treaty with the Sauk and Foxes, etc., 183015 Jul 1830 · Treaty
- Battle of Wisconsin Heights21 Jul 1832 · Battle
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend16 Jun 1832 · Battle
- Third Treaty of Prairie du Chien1 Aug 1829 · Treaty
- Spafford Farm massacre14 Jun 1832 · Military operation
- Battle of Apple River Fort24 Jun 1832 · Battle
- Battle of Waddams Grove18 Jun 1832 · Battle
- Minor attacks of the Black Hawk WarMay 1832 · Battle