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How does a quarrel over land and a single village become a war that scatters a people?
In the spring of 1832, Black Hawk leads about a thousand men, women and children across the Mississippi into Illinois. Frank Everett Stevens follows the Sauk leader into a conflict over land, treaties and home. Settlers, governors, militia and army officers enter the story, while the people crossing the river face far more than a military struggle.
The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life joins a campaign history with the life of its central figure. Stevens takes you from Saukenuk, Black Hawk's birthplace, to the disputed Treaty of St. Louis and the chase through Illinois and Wisconsin. This 1903 account brings an older Illinois historian's perspective to the region's conflict.
What you’ll discover
- A treaty in dispute See how different readings of a land agreement lie at the heart of the conflict.
- Black Hawk beyond the battlefield Meet the Sauk leader through his life, his village and the people around him.
- A divided Sauk world Explore the divisions among the Sauk as settlers push into northern Illinois.
- Families amid the fighting Follow a crossing that includes women, children and elderly people as well as warriors.
- A landscape under pursuit Trace the movement up the Rock River as American forces follow in separate columns.
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This book will please readers who love frontier history, original letters and treaties, military movements told day by day, and the Midwest of Lincoln's youth. It suits anyone who likes to test an author's argument against the documents he prints.
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- A Sauk boy rises through raids and war
- Stevens argues Black Hawk served only himself
- The treaty of 1804 stands at the center
- War with Britain and raids that followed
- Settlers, a standoff and a treaty in 1831
- The crossing of 1832 and the call to arms
- Stillman's defeat spreads panic across Illinois
- Forts, small battles and an army that dissolves
- Henry's pursuit ends at the Bad Axe
- Captivity, a tour east and a stolen grave
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La guerra di Falco Nero, con un profilo della vita di Falco Nero
by Frank Everett Stevens · 1903
In 1832 a Sauk warrior named Black Hawk leads about two thousand people back across the Mississippi.
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What happens when a people is told to leave its village and settlers will not wait? In the spring of 1832 a Sauk warrior named Black Hawk leads about two thousand men, women and children across the Mississippi into Illinois, saying they have come to plant corn.
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- Circa 9 h 30 min7 h 30 min fast, 11 h 20 min slow
- Durata
- 135.700 parole
- Livello nella biblioteca
- Medio longer sentences, everyday words
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1903by Frank Everett Stevens
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A Sauk boy rises through raids and war
Black Hawk is born in 1767 at the Sauk village on Rock River. His father, Pyesa, is the tribe's medicine man. Stevens insists that Black Hawk was a brave, made so by deeds, and never a chief of the Sauk nation.
At fifteen Black Hawk wounds an enemy and earns the right to paint his face and wear feathers. Soon he leads a party of seven against a band of one hundred Osages. In 1786 he nearly destroys another Osage force, and that blow brings a long peace between the two peoples.
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Stevens, Frank Everett. The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-black-hawk-war-including-a-review-of-black-hawks-life.
Stevens, F. E. (2026). The Black Hawk War including a review of Black Hawk's life. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-black-hawk-war-including-a-review-of-black-hawks-life (Original work published 1903)
Stevens, Frank Everett. The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-black-hawk-war-including-a-review-of-black-hawks-life.
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What is The Black Hawk War by Frank E. Stevens about?
It tells the story of the 1832 conflict between Illinois militia, army regulars and Black Hawk's band of Sauk, with a review of Black Hawk's earlier life, the treaties behind the war and a day-by-day account of marches and battles.
Was Black Hawk a chief of the Sauk?
Stevens says no. He argues that Black Hawk was a brave whose standing rested on his skill as a warrior, while Keokuk and Pashepaho held recognized chief roles among the Sauk people.
What was the treaty of 1804 and why does it matter?
It was a treaty signed at St. Louis by Governor Harrison and Sauk and Fox chiefs, ceding land east of the Mississippi for yearly goods. Black Hawk said it was never properly understood, and the dispute led to war.
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