Illegal American Immigration
to the United States of Mexico
Saukenuk, the capital of the
Sauk nation and one of the largest native American communities in
North America, stood near this site overlooking the Rock River.
Despite a "treaty of peace and friendship" signed in 1816, the
immigrants kept coming, and the site is now in the metropolitan Quad
Cities.
Most of the U.S. west of the Appalachian Mountains was
settled, in one way or another, through illegal American
immigration. The U.S. acquired a huge chunk of territory through illegal American immigration to The United
States of Mexico.
Black Hawk State Park, Rock Island,
Illinois, where the westernmost battle of the Revolutionary War was
fought. Saukenuk was destroyed in the battle.
