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Bad Axe River, a small river, supposed to be fifty or sixty miles long, running in a south westerly direction [illegible] a beautiful and verty fertile valley into the Mississippi a few miles above Prairie du Chien. It [was] at the mouth of this river that the last and decisive battle was fought in 1832 with the Sauk and Fox Indians, and which put an end to the war. The Indians had been [paced?] from Rock river to this place and were attacked on the second of August, while in the act of crossing the Mississippi to the west side, and defeated and disparsed with great loss. "General Dodge's squadron was placed in front, followed by the infantry, and there by the brigades of Henry, Alexander, and Pozey. The army had proceeded in this order about five miles, when some Indians were discovered and fired upon. They immediately retreated to the main body, on the bank of the river. To prevent the possibility of the escape of the enemy, Generals Alexander and Pozey, were directed to from the right wing of the army and march to the river above the Indian encampment, and then move down along the bank. General Henry
[Heads about 40 miles from P. du Chien (Bronson) near mounds].