Black Hawk: Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak

Black Hawk

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Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak,

By Black Hawk

Embracing the Traditions of his Nation, Various Wars in which he has been engaged, And His Account of the Cause and General History of the

Black Hawk War of 1832

I was born at the Sac village, on Rock river, in the year 1767, and am now in my 67th year. My great grandfather, Nanamakee, or Thunder, according to the tradition given me by my father, Pyesa, was born in the vicinity of Montreal, Canada, where the Great Spirit firs...