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Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Black Hawk War was the final conflict east of the Mississippi River between American Indian communities and the United States regular troops and militia. Exploring the museums, wayside markers and parks relating to that struggle is not just a journey of historic signifigance through beautiful natural scenery. It is also an amazing covergence of legendary personalities, from Abraham Lincoln to Jefferson Davis. Follow the fallout of the war from...
Author
Series
Campaigns and commanders volume 10
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Russell D. Fry
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Sauk war chief Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, known to the American settlers as Black Hawk, fought and lost a war in 1832 as he tried to retake his homeland. He died in 1838. His grave was robbed the following year. The history books say his remains were destroyed in a fire in 1853. The history books are wrong. An historical documentary by Russ Fry.
Author
Series
The Lakeside classics volume No. 40
Publisher
The Lakeside press, R. R.Donnelley & sons co
Pub. Date
1942
Language
English
Description
The volume contains J. W. Spencer's "Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in the Mississippi Valley," first published in 1872, and "Fifty Years in Iowa: Being the Personal Reminiscences of J. M. D. Burrow, Concerning the Men and Events, Social Life, Industrial, Interests, physical Development, and Commercial Progress of Davenport and Scott County, During the Period From 1838 to 1888," first published in 1888. Most of Spencer's narrative deals with the Blackhawk...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1832, when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands earlier ceded to American settlers, the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. Elements of the Menominee, Dakota, Potawatomi, and Ho Chunk tribes willingly allied themselves with the United States government against their fellow Native Americans in an uncommon defense of their diverse interests. As the Black Hawk...
Author
Publisher
Heritage Documentaries, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the Upper Mississippi Valley, George Davenport's name was widely known as a trader with the Sauk and Mesquakie, the U.S. Army, and settlers who were attracted to the untapped waterpower surrounding Davenport's home on Rock Island. The Trader at Rock Island tells the story of George Davenport and his entry into the Indian trade and his eventual transition into services and businesses marketed toward the new settlers. After the Black Hawk...
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