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Black Hawk War - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | BLACK HAWK WAR [Black Hawk War] conflict between the Sac and Fox and the United States in 1832. |
 | | A Native American leader, Black Hawk (1767-1838), who was born in the Sac village near the site of present Rock Island, Ill., and who had fought for the British in the War of 1812, denounced the treaty and resisted removal. |
 | | Black Hawk himself escaped, surrendered to the Winnebago, was turned over for imprisonment, and was released in 1833 to return to the pitiful remnant of his tribe and his family in Iowa. |
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