The result was a general conflict, which, from its prominent Indian leader, has been called the Black Hawk war.

From accounts of the previous year, its combinations embraced _nine_ of the leading tribes.

It was uncertain how far they extended.

Mr.Schoolcraft was selected by the Indian and War Department, to conduct a second expedition into the region embracing the entire Upper Mississippi, north and west of St.Anthony's Falls.

He pursued this stream to the points to which it had been explored in 1806, by Lieut.