Fort Winnebago
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Fort Winnebago was a 19th-century fortification of the United States Army located on a hill overlooking the eastern end of the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers east of present-day Portage,
Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters Historic Site
Historic Indian Agency House in December 2014
Historical marker at the site of Fort Winnebago
House in early 20th century
Winnebago War
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The Winnebago War, also known as the Winnebago Uprising, was a brief conflict that took place in 1827 in the Upper Mississippi River region of the United States, primarily in what is now the state of
Fort Winnebago
…Winnebago was constructed in 1828 as part of an effort to maintain peace between white settlers and the region's Native American tribes following the Winnebago War of 1827. The fort's location was chosen not only because of its proximity to the site of Red Bird's surrender in the Winnebago War, but also because…
Red Bird, dressed in white buckskin for his surrender to U.S. authorities, with Wekau
Tribal boundaries negotiated at the 1825 Prairie du Chien treaty.
An 1825 portrait Waukon Decorah, one of the Ho-Chunk chiefs who surrendered Red Bird to the Americans.