All of this is shown through the eyes and experiences of one of the most famous leaders in American Indian history: Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (1767 – October 3, 1838). In 1832, Black ...

Black Hawk and several members of his band, including his two sons, surrendered to a government agent in Prairie du Chien.

On July 4, 1838 Chief Black Hawk, a Native American war leader of the Sauk Indian Tribe gave ... from the surrender speech he gave just six years before in 1832. In it he talks about the Indian ...

Therefore, accounts that Black Hawk’s main body crossed the river at Burlington carry some credence. Regardless of where they crossed, on April 6, 1832, Black Hawk and the British Band of ...