In 1832, Black Hawk led the Sauk in the short war that bears his name. Curiously, it is one of only three post-colonial Indian wars named for Native leaders. The others are Tecumseh’s War (1811-13) ...

But Keokuk sided with the Americans during the War of 1812. Before crossing the Mississippi to reclaim his homeland in 1832, Black Hawk went to Keokuk to ask him and his warriors to help; Keokuk ...

Black Hawk and several members of his band, including his two sons, surrendered to a government agent in Prairie du Chien.

and Native Americans in the Black Hawk War of 1832 and the second Seminole War in Florida in 1835. His performance in the Seminole War won Taylor the rank of brigadier general. In 1845 President ...