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Black Hawk's frequent rival was Keokuk, a Sauk war chief held in high esteem by the U.S. government. Officials believed that he was calm and reasonable, willing to negotiate, unlike Black Hawk. Black Hawk despised Keokuk, and viewed him as cowardly and self-serving, at one point threatening to kill him for not defending Saukenuk. [41]
The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis (Fox), and Kickapoos, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, to the U.S. state of Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832.
Antonga, or Black Hawk (born c. 1830; died September 26, 1870), was a nineteenth-century war chief of the Timpanogos tribe in what is the present-day state of Utah.He led the Timpanogos against Mormon settlers and gained alliances with Paiute and Navajo bands in the territory against them during what became known as the Black Hawk War in Utah (1865–1872).
In his autobiography, Black Hawk described his imprisonment as torture. [33] After the war, Andrew Jackson sent Black Hawk on a tour of eastern cities as a trophy of war [34] to show the strength of the United States. [26] Black Hawk attracted large crowds and grew in fame. However, in Detroit, crowds hanged and burned an effigy of Black Hawk. [32]
The team was first named the "Chicago Black Hawks", until 1986, when spelling found in the original franchise documents spelled the franchise name as the "Chicago Blackhawks", making the team change its name in response. [2] The team is also referred to as the "Hawks". [3]
While little is known about Hawk Chief's childhood, there are documents that tell us his birth name and year, as well as the year of his death. Kutawikucu Resaru, the name given to Hawk Chief, was born in about 1853. He died at the age of about 42 in 1895. As a Čawî’ Pawnee he was born in the South Band town where Lashara, Nebraska now sits.
However, his influence waned after he promised/prophesied to Sauk/Fox chief Black Hawk that the British and other tribes (such as the Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi) would aid him against the United States in what became the Black Hawk War, a prediction that proved false. At the end of the war, on August 27, 1832, Wabokieshiek was taken prisoner along ...
Black Hawk was with the party, as Keokuk feared leaving him to scheme during his own absence. [1] Black Hawk died the following year. In August 1842, Keokuk and several tribal members (including wives), visited Nauvoo, Illinois , [ 9 ] and he soon negotiated the sale of the tribe's land across the river in Iowa (his friend Chief Wapello having ...