Articles related to "Saukenuk"

While other Indian leaders accepted displacement, Black Hawk held his ground and refused to budge...

Seeing the Treaty of 1804 as illegal, the Sauk War Chief Black Hawk rebelled against American control of his homeland.

While Black Hawk fought, Keokuk negotiated--the result was a rift between the Sauk and Fox.

Black Hawk began to speak out against Keokuk and his close relationship with the United States.

Striking with a small band of warriors, the Sauk war chief raged against the American presence in his homeland.

Trapped along the Mississippi, Black Hawk made one last stand against the Americans, but he would not fade into history.

In the summer of 1832, Black Hawk once again returned to Illinois to build alliances with neutral tribes.

His peace overtures rejected, Black Hawk now waged war against the Amercans through the summer of 1832.