Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1919 — BLACK HAWK IS IN MUSEUM [ARTICLE]

BLACK HAWK IS IN MUSEUM

Bones of Famous Indian Chief Are Placed in Glass Case in the Deseret Museum in Utah. Salt Lake City.—The bones of Chief Black Hawk, who played havoc with settlers in Utah in the early 60’s, now rest peacefully in the Deseret Museum in the Mormon temple grounds. The skeleton was brought from an Indian burial ground near Spring Lake Villa, Utah county, this state, and with all accouterments of Indian burial, now reposes in a glass case. From veterans of raids made by Black Hawk’s bands. It is declared the Black Hawk wars of Utah began in 1864, when a small band of Indians suffered an epidemic of smallpox and blamed the white settlers for it.