Below is part of the chapter....you can see the whole chapter on the Iowa History Site. STORIES OF IOWA FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CHAPTER XVI ON THE WARPATH The Sauks and Foxes, like the Sioux, were a brave and warlike people. From their earliest appearance in the Mississippi Valley their story is one of savage strife. You remember how they resisted the advance of the French traders. In the War of 1812 some of them fought with the British against the Americans, and their repeated attacks upon Fort Madison, you recall, forced the garrison to abandon this post. The story is told that they swept aside the Iowa tribe in one heroic battle near the present site of Iowaville. According to this story the Sauks and Foxes led by Pashepaho and Black Hawk set out to attack the Iowas. They crept up within sight of the village of their enemy and lay in hiding. Soon they saw that the Iowa braves were engaged in running races, and had left their weapons in the village. One band of Sauks and Foxes led by Pashepaho rushed upon the defenseless Indians on the race course. Another group under Black Hawk attacked the village. The Iowa warriors fought bravely but soon were forced to yield. They never recovered from this blow. Many clashes took place in Iowa between the Sioux and the Sauks and Foxes. War parties from one tribe or the other would dash into the country of their enemy, strike a sudden blow on some unsuspecting village or hunting party, an take as many scalps as they could. Then they would hurry back into their own country to escape from the enemy. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/