Native America
Origin of the Sac and Fox Indians--Removal to Green Bay--Their subjugation of the Illini confederacy--Their attack upon St. Louis in 1779--Col. George Rogers Clark relieves the town--Governor Harrison's letter--Maj. Forsyth's account of the conquest of the Illini--Death of the...
Black Hawk at the capture of Fort Erie--At the battle of the Thames--His account of the death of Tecumthe--His residence and mode of life after his last visit to the east--His F...
10. CHAPTER I.Origin of the Sac and Fox Indians--Removal to Green Bay--Their subjugation of the Illini confederacy--Their attack upon St. Louis in 1779--Col. George Rogers Clark relieves the...
17. CHAPTER VIII.Black Hawk, Naopope, the Prophet and others confined at Jefferson Barracks--In April 1833 sent to Washington--Interview with the President--sent to Fortress Monroe--Their releas...
16. CHAPTER VII.General Atkinson overtakes Black Hawk--Battle of the Bad Axe--Atkinson's official report--Incidents of the Battle--Capture of Black Hawk and the prophet--Naopope's statement to...
13. CHAPTER IV.Building of Fort Armstrong--The good Spirit of Rock Island--Death of Black Hawk's children--Young Sac offers to die in place of his brother--Black Hawk's visit to Malden--Whippe...
11. CHAPTER II.Treaty with the Sac and Fox Indians in 1789--treaty and cession of land to the United States at St. Louis in 1804--Black Hawk's account of this treaty--Erection of Fort Madison-...
14. CHAPTER V.Keokuk's birth--Kills a Sioux when fifteen years old--Prevents the abandonment of the Sac village--Bold manoeuvre with the Sioux--Perils his life for the safety of his people--S...
15. CHAPTER VI.Murder of twenty-eight Menominies by the Foxes of Black Hawk's band--Naopope's visit to Malden--Black Hawk recrosses the Mississippi--General Atkison orders him to return--Still...
12. CHAPTER III.Birth of Black Hawk--Early adventures--Battles with the Osages and Cherokees--Death of his father--Interview with Lieutenant Pike--Attack upon Fort Madison--Joins the British in...
19. CHAPTER II.In tracing out the causes which led to the late war with the Sac and Fox Indians of Rock river, reference was made to the violations of the laws of Congress in the introduction...
4. CHAPTER IV.Building of Fort Armstrong--The good Spirit of Rock Island--Death of Black Hawk's children--Young Sac offers to die in place of his brother--Black Hawk's visit to Malden--Whippe...
2. CHAPTER II.Treaty with the Sac and Fox Indians in 1789--treaty and cession of land to the United States at St. Louis in 1804--Black Hawk's account of this treaty--Erection of Fort Madison-...
5. CHAPTER V.Keokuk's birth--Kills a Sioux when fifteen years old--Prevents the abandonment of the Sac village--Bold manoeuvre with the Sioux--Perils his life for the safety of his people--S...
1. CHAPTER I.Origin of the Sac and Fox Indians--Removal to Green Bay--Their subjugation of the Illini confederacy--Their attack upon St. Louis in 1779--Col. George Rogers Clark relieves the...
7. CHAPTER VII.General Atkinson overtakes Black Hawk--Battle of the Bad Axe--Atkinson's official report--Incidents of the Battle--Capture of Black Hawk and the prophet--Naopope's statement to...
9. CHAPTER IX.Black Hawk at the capture of Fort Erie--At the battle of the Thames--His account of the death of Tecumthe--His residence and mode of life after his last visit to the east--His F...
6. CHAPTER VI.Murder of twenty-eight Menominies by the Foxes of Black Hawk's band--Naopope's visit to Malden--Black Hawk recrosses the Mississippi--General Atkinson orders him to return--Stil...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Black Hawk, Naopope, the Prophet and others confined at Jefferson Barracks--In April 1833 sent to Washington--Interview with the President--sent to Fortress Monroe--Their releas...
3. CHAPTER III.Birth of Black Hawk--Early adventures--Battles with the Osages and Cherokees--Death of his father--Interview with Lieutenant Pike--Attack upon Fort Madison--Joins the British in...