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          Black Hawk, 1767-1838 | Wisconsin Historical Society

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          Leader and warrior of the Sauk Indians

          Black Hawk, 1767-1838 | Wisconsin Historical Society

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          Black Hawk

          A color lithograph of Black Hawk, also known as the Saukie brave Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiah.

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          b. Saukenuk, Illinois, 1767
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          Black Hawk was a war chief and leader of the Sauk tribe in the Midwest of the United States.

          Iowa, October, 1838

          Black Hawk was leader of the Sauk Indians during the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. Black Hawk (Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, "Black Sparrow Hawk") was born in the village of Saukenuk, Illinois, on the Rock River near modern Rock Island in 1767.

          War of 1812 and the Prophet

          During the War of 1812, Black Hawk supported the British side as a member of the Indian Confederacy led by the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh.

          During the 1820s leadership of the Sauk tribe was contested between the peaceful, pro-American Chief Keokuk and the aging Black Hawk. In 1830 when the tribe was ordered to abandon its