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Reproduction of the original: Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Black Hawk’s Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak is a classic of Native American literature reimagined for modern readers. “My reason ...
Sauk Indian chief Black Hawk tells his life story from his childhood to fighting the Black Hawk War and finally living in peace with the white man.
Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, (1767 - October 3, 1838) was a band leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in what is now the Midwest of the United States.
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Kerry A. Trask gives new and vivid life to the heroic efforts of Black Hawk and his men, illuminating the tragic history of frontier America through the eyes of those who were cast aside in the pursuit of the new nation's manifest destiny.
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.
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