Rock Island County NATIVE AMERICAN DATA Black Hawk Indian History - including the Black Hawk War and a List of Early White Settlers Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in the Mississippi Valley. The author met Black Hawk, participated in the Black Hawk War and gives a description of early Rock Island County and the early settlers he knew Excerpt from "A summer in the wilderness; embracing a canoe voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior." More early pioneer data - from 1846. Also includes a piece on Nauvoo as well as Starved Rock. Newspaper Stories concerning Native Americans in Rock Island County (NEW!)   ©2006, K. Torp Genealogy Trails