Black Hawk, Charles M. Scanlan

History of the Black Hawk War (eBook, ePUB)

Including the Autobiography of the Sauk Leader Black Hawk

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into the U.S. state of Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but he was apparently hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been ceded to the United States in the disputed 1804 Treaty of St. Louis. Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, (1767-1838) was a band leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in what is now the Midwest of the United States. Although he had inherited an important historic medicine bundle from his father, he was not a hereditary civil chief. Black Hawk earned his status as a war chief or captain by his actions: leading raiding and war parties as a young man, and a band of Sauk warriors during the Black Hawk War of 1832.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4066339575882
• Artikelnr.: 69547840

Autorenporträt

Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak in 1767, was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Native American tribe in what is now the Midwest of the United States. Historically recognized for his fierce resistance during the eponymous Black Hawk War of 1832, he remains an emblematic figure of indigenous struggle against European-American expansion. After his capture following the conflict, Black Hawk dictated an autobiography that has been published as 'History of the Black Hawk War'. This account provides an invaluable Native American perspective on the war and insights into Sauk culture and society. Written with the help of his captor and interpreter, Antoine LeClair, and newspaper editor J.B. Patterson, the book was one of the first autobiographies by a Native American leader. Black Hawk's narrative is not just a personal memoir but an impassioned plea for understanding between diverse cultures and a critical document of American history. His literary style, though translated, conveys the oral tradition of his people and is imbued with the raw emotion of someone who lived through the tumultuous period of American expansion. Despite his fierce reputation, his works present him as a reflective and principled leader, keenly aware of the injustices done to his people and earnestly advocating for their rights.