The followup is far more tragic. Black Hawk and his people skirmished with the militia and the Regulars across Northern Illinois and up into Wisconsin. When the Indians tried to cross the Mississippi and get into Iowa/Minnesota, the military types mounted cannon on rafts and shot them to pieces with artillery fire. Many drowned or were killed.

Black Hawk was an honorable man and a great leader of his people. He later wrote his memoirs which are available on the Internet, I think.

The whole incident, from the all-but-direct theft of the land to the killing of women and children, was extremely distasteful and corrupt. The Battle of Stillman's Run sort of epitomizes the whole Black Hawk War.

Lincoln said in later years that it was during his militia service that he developed his dislike of war and battles. He was never in combat, but was quite familar with the results.