Black Hawk's War, 1832: The Campaign against the Sauk & Fox Indians-Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk dictated by Himself & Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk War by Frank Everett Stevens

An Indian leader's struggle against the tide of westward pioneer expansion

Black Hawk was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Indian tribe born in the Illinois Territory in 1767. He was not an hereditary chief but became leader of a 'band' and war chief, principally because he had demonstrated his prowess in action. Black Hawk fought for the British against United States forces during the War of 1812 in an attempt to keep American settlers away from Sauk territory. By the 1830s Black Hawk was l...