- Chief Black Hawk
was chief
of the Sauk Indians, and Northern
Illinois Indian tribe that had been forced westward from their land by
the
- Fighting was
important to
the Sauks, and is what helped Black Hawk to become chief.
- By age 45 Black
Hawk had
killed 30 of his enemies. Killing
enemies was part of the Sauk tradition to becoming a brave, a warrior,
and a
chief.
- In 1795, a
treaty was
signed by the Sauks, that promised them friendship and protection by
the
- This treaty was
signed
because of the white settlers expanding westward in search of better
land and
resources.
- In 1804 a battle
between the
whites and the Sauks took place, and the Sauks decided to sign a
permanent
peace treaty with the
“What kind of
feelings
between the indians and the settlers may have helped to lead up to this
battle?”
- This treaty gave
15
million acres of Sauk land to the
“According the
Northwest
Ordinance of 1789, the land should have been sold for a dollar and acre. Was the amount the Sauks received fair? Lets calculate to find out.”
- Black Hawk and
other Sauk
chiefs were angered by this.
- They said the
treaty was
no good because the Sauks that signed it did not represent the rest of
the
tribe, but the
- In 1812, the War
of 1812
had begun between the English and the
- The
- The
- In 1828, the
Sauk and Fox
Indians were forced to leave their remaining land and move across the
- After a conflict
with
President Jackson, Black Hawk decided to take his people back to
- The Sauks
received an
invitation to live with the Winnebago Prophet, where they could live
and farm.
- When Black Hawk
crossed
the
- One of the men
who
volunteered for the militia was
- Before
volunteering for
the militia,
- Helping him gain
popularity, he joined the militia when Governor Reynolds called out the
militia.
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-
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-Black Hawk never
made it to
the prophet because he was being chased after by the militia.
- Black Hawk was
driven back
to the
- The day after
attempting
to surrender, the militia caught the Sauks in a battle called the Bad
Axe
Massacre, where dozens were killed.
- Those Sauks that
made it
across and survived the battle were killed by the Sioux who took the
side of
the militia.
- Black Hawk
survived all
this and was forced to surrender, along with the prophet.
This ended the war.
- Black Hawk’s
people did
not regain their ground. Instead, they
lost many of their tribe and were still starving.
-
After Black Hawk
surrendered, he was paraded around the east.
The people didn’t look at Black Hawk as bad, but as a hero.