Black Hawk State Historic Site

In 1804 The Sauk warriors, under the command of "war bundle carrier" Black Sparrowhawk, defeated 300 U.S. Army troops under the command of Lt. Zachary Taylor.

The Black Hawk State Historic Site, in Rock Island, Illinois, occupies much of the historic site of the village of Saukenuk, the home of a band of Native Americans of the Sauk nation. It includes the John Hauberg Museum of Native American Life. The state park is located on a 150-foot (45 m) bluff overlooking the Rock River in western Illinois. It is most famous for being the birthplace of the Sauk warrior Black Hawk. The disputed cession of this area to the U.S. Government was the catalyst for the Black Hawk War.