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Definition of Black hawk
1. Noun. Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Hawk
Literary usage of Black hawk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Famous Orations. by Francis Whiting Halsey, William Jennings Bryan (1906)
"VII black hawk TO GENERAL STREET1 (1832) Born in 1767, died in 1838; succeeded
his father as Chief of the Sac Indians in 1788; acted against the Americans ..."
2. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"Henry informed as to the position of black hawk—Council of war—Agreement to
violate orders and ... Atkinson—Discovery of the retreat of black hawk to the ..."
3. The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the by Henry Brown (1844)
"Causes of Indian hostilities in general—Philip's letter to the Governor of
Massachusetts —black hawk bom on Rock river, in Illinois, ..."
4. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"black hawk was seated in front of his tent with his party. He was leaning on his
cane and looking down at the ground in gloomy meditation. ..."
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