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At the "Dells" the river runs for three miles between perpendicular
cliffs of rock about three hundred feet high and only forty
feet across. It is said that gorge is so narrow at
the top in some places, that one may [word crossed out] easily jump
across it. Near the Dells is the place where Black
Hawk [word crossed out] and the Prophet were taken (after their defeat
at the battle of the Bad Axe,} by Dekorra and Chaetar
two Winnebago Indians who had been employed for that
purpose by the Indian Agent at Prairie du Chien.
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