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Black Hawk War Message Board :: Battles of the Black Hawk War :: Other Battles and Skirmishes :: St. Vrain Massacre Author Topic: St. Vrain Massacre (Read 680 times) shootamusket@aol.com Guest St. Vrain Massacre « Thread Started on Apr 6, 2002, 10:25pm » Of the 6 men with F. St. Vrain who were ambushed near Kellogg's Grove, one man, believed to be killed, is unaccounted for. His name is Aaron Hawley. There are references to Black Hawk having been seen riding Mr. Hawley's horse near the end of the war, yet his body was never found despite a widespread search by militia and US infantry following reports of the massacre. Elijah Iles mentions something in his book about a man coming in to Dixon's Ferry (while his men were there) on foot who claimed to have escaped from an indian ambush north of the Ferry. While several other survivors on horseback made it to Galena safely, I have seen no evidence that any courier went to Dixon's Ferry to alert the men there. Iles doesn't mention the man's name or what became of him after he passed on the news of the massacre. Could Hawley have escaped the massacre on foot? Iles arrived well after the incident involving the death of William Durley near Buffalo Grove, so it couldn't have been one of the men who excaped from where Durley was shot down. Does anyone else have any take on this? Just curious. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Robert Braun Moderator member is offline < Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera. > Joined: Mar 2002 Gender: Male Posts: 1,373 Location: Fort Atkinson Aaron Hawley « Reply #1 on Apr 8, 2002, 12:49pm » Greg... it appears that as the massacre unfolded, Aaron Hawley went his own way, while Thomas Kenny, Aquilla Floyd, and Alexander Higgenbotham rode through the woods and prairie towards Galena. Despite having the fastest horse in the party, what apparently happened is that  Aaron Hawley was cut off and shot from his mount while mired in the mud. His body was never found, despite the searches you mintioned. I am not entirely certain whether or not all thee of Higgenbotham's party arrived in Galena at the same time. We are left with the assumption they did, but that might not have been the case. Perhaps the fellow to whom Iles was referring was one of the three survivors to make it to Galena. BTW... Higginbotham re-appears again throughout the war. For example, he accompanies Dodge to the battle ground at Pecatonica June 16, 1832. He weilded two pistols and a flintlock rifle during that engagement. At any rate, it would appear that the Winnebago murdered Aaron Hawley. r. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, 'What should be the reward of such sacrifices?' ... If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom...crouch down and lick the hands, which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" --Samuel Adams Greg Carter Contributing Member member is offline "Monstrat Viam." Joined: Apr 2002 Gender: Male Posts: 464 Location: Rockton, IL Re: St. Vrain Massacre « Reply #2 on Apr 13, 2002, 12:59am » I think you are probably right, it just stood out that Iles never mentioned who the person was. Just a minor point, Aaron Hawley's family is buried in the same cemetery as the Spafford Farm Massacre marker is located. GMC Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "All of you who are not cowards, follow me!" -Captain Samuel Whiteside at the Battle of Credit Island, September 4th, 1814 tcrawford New Member member is offline Joined: May 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 1 Re: St. Vrain Massacre « Reply #3 on Jul 22, 2009, 9:11am » Hello everyone, I am doing genealogy on the Fowlers and Hales. My info to this point indicates that William Hale was the father-in-law of John Fowler. (John was the son of Mason Fowler.) Any and all my info is from internet articles. I have read several articles on the St. Vrain massacre. All the articles name William Hale and JOHN Fowler as killed in the massacre. I have visited the Kent, Illinois monument web site. The site list William Hale and a JOSEPH H. Fowler but no JOHN Fowler. I have been unable to find any benefits issued to their widows (Land Bounties,etc.) Any thoughts? 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