The Black Hawk War of 1832
The Black Hawk War of 1832

Author: Patrick J. Jung

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780806139944

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In 1832, facing white expansion, the Sauk warrior Black Hawk attempted to forge a pan-Indian alliance to preserve the homelands of the confederated Sauk and Fox tribes on the eastern bank of the Mississippi. Here, Patrick J. Jung re-examines the causes, course, and consequences of the ensuing war with the United States, a conflict that decimated Black Hawk's band. Correcting mistakes that plagued previous histories, and drawing on recent ethnohistorical interpretations, Jung shows that the outcome can be understood only by discussing the complexity of intertribal rivalry, military ineptitude, and racial dynamics.

Black Hawk
Black Hawk

Author: Kerry A. Trask

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-01-09

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780805082623

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A retelling of the Black Hawk War that brings into focus the forces struggling for control over the American frontier. Until 1822, the Sauk Nation occupied one of North America's largest and most prosperous Indian settlements, the envy of white Americans who had already begun to encroach upon the rich Indian land. When the inevitable conflicts turned violent, the Sauks were forced into exile, banished forever from the east side of the Mississippi River. Black Hawk and his followers rose up in the spring of 1832 and defiantly crossed the Mississippi from Iowa to Illinois to reclaim their ancestral home. Though the war lasted only three months, no other violent encounter between white America and native peoples embodies so clearly the essence of the Republic's inner conflict between its belief in freedom and human rights and its insatiable appetite for new territory.--From publisher description.

Utah's Black Hawk War
Utah's Black Hawk War

Author: John Alton Peterson

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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Indian tribes involved in the Blackhawk War included the Utes, Uinta and Goshute Indian tribes.

Uncommon Defense
Uncommon Defense

Author: John W. Hall

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780674035188

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In the spring of 1832, when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands ceded to American settlers, the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. In order to grasp Indian motives, Hall explores their alliances in earlier wars with colonial powers and in intertribal conflicts.