1767-1838

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.

Traces the life of the Sauk Indian leader who struggled in vain to prevent the Americans from claiming the rich farmland near the Mississippi River in Illinois.

A leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in the United States. His leadership status came from leading war parties as a young man. During the War of 1812, Black Hawk fought on the side of the British. In the 1832 Black Hawk War, he led a band of Sauk and Fox warriors against European-American settlers in Illinois and present-day Wisconsin. After the war he was captured and taken to the eastern United States where he and other Indian leaders toured several cities.

Gilbert Hamilton is left alone on the frontier when his father is killed and his mother is kidnapped by Sauk Indians during the War of 1812. Haunted by memories of his mother, Gil attends a camp meeting led by Peter Cartwright, a Methodist circuit-rider evangelist. Cartwright allows the boy to move with his family to Illinois, where Gil can begin the search for his mother.

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.

A biography of the last great war leader of the Sauk whose unsuccessful attempts to keep their homelands ended Indian land holdings in the Illinois region.

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.

A biography of the Sauk chief who fought to protect his country, town, cornfields, and people from the invading white man.