Provides an account of the Black Hawk War, a conflict sparked in 1832 when elderly Sauk warrior Black Hawk led a band of Sauk and Mesquakie Indians--part of a group that had agreed to cede all the tribe's lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S. government--back to their traditional homeland in Illinois to grow corn as they did every year.
Draws from primary sources to examine the causes, people, events, and outcome of Black Hawk's War waged between the U.S. government and the followers of Sauk leader Black Hawk over control of traditionally tribal lands in Illinois.
Discusses the life and times of the Sauk chief who led his people in a struggle to prevent the advance of white settlers in Illinois in the early 1800s.
Provides an account of the Black Hawk War, a conflict sparked in 1832 when elderly Sauk warrior Black Hawk led a band of Sauk and Mesquakie Indians--part of a group that had agreed to cede all the tribe's lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S. government--back to their traditional homeland in Illinois to grow corn as they did every year.
Relates the events, as recalled by the Sauk Indian chief, Black Hawk, that led to the last great Indian uprising east of the Mississippi River in 1832.
