1. History of the Fox River

2. First called buffalo river on the early French maps
The Name “Fox River”
First called buffalo river on the early French maps

3. First settlers called it “river of the rocks”
The Name “Fox River”
First settlers called it “river of the rocks”

4. The Name “Fox River”
Renamed Fox in honor of the Native American tribe that once lived on its banks in 1784

5. Fox River – Main Features
Formed during the last ice age

6. Fox River – Main Features
Begins 15 miles north west of Milwaukee and enters IL around the Chain of Lakes

7. Fox River – Main Features
Runs 185 miles and drops 470 feet

8. Fox River – Main Features
Joins Illinois River in Ottawa

9. Fox River – Main Features
150 feet at narrowest, 1000 feet at widest – usually feet

10. Fox River – Main Features
13,038 gallons per second flow rate

11. Battle of 1730
Fox Indians (Native Americans) were attacking French and allied Native American tribes

12. Battle of 1730
1400 French and allies fought Fox Native Americans, captured 300 warriors, women and children

13. Battle of 1730
September 9 – Fox Native Americans escaped but were captured, tortured and killed

14. War is thought to have taken place in Maramech Hill (Plano)
Battle of 1730
War is thought to have taken place in Maramech Hill (Plano)

15. Several settlers killed by Pottawatomie, Sac and Fox Native Americans
Black Hawk War
Several settlers killed by Pottawatomie, Sac and Fox Native Americans

16. What happened?
The Fox were forced to leave their territory by land-hungry American settlers and when President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of This authorized the removal of eastern Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River.
Following this - through a series of land cessions under the name of “Sac & Fox” - the Fox tribe lost all their lands. Soon after, the U.S. government forced the Fox to an Indian Reservation in Oklahoma.
The Fox who successfully fled west of the Mississippi without being captured or killed are known to other Native American tribes as the "lost people".