The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life

How it begins

Birth–Personal Description and Character of Black Hawk–Not a Chief–Made a Brave–Expeditions Against the Osages–Death of Py-e-sa–Period of Mourning–Expedition Against the Osages–Expedition Against the Cherokees–Expedition Against the Chippewas, Osages and Kickapoos–The First Appearance of the Americans. Black Hawk’s name, as given in his autobiography, was Ma-ka-tai-she-kia-kiak[1], and, without reference to the many renditions of it by various writers, is the version that will be adopted in this work as nearest authentic.