Gen. Whiteside's army remains inactive. Reynolds and Whiteside to Atkinson, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL.

Several groups of Stillman's men rush out of camp at dusk and attack Black Hawk's truce bearers, bringing on battle with 40 or 50 Indians. Whites are soon routed. Leaving 12 dead, they flee to Dixon's Ferry.Sangamo Journal, 3 May 1832, 14 May 1832, 24 May 1832, 6 October 1832; Atkinson Letter Book, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL.