Product Description: Of all the Native American leaders who attempted to resist the westward expansion of the United States and further white settlement during the 19th century, few fought as long or as hard as Black Hawk, a leader of the Sauk in the present-day Midwest...read more

Product Description: Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British-allied chief of the still-independent Sauks from the upper Mississippi, and American soldier William Apess, a Christian convert from the Pequots who lived on a reservation in Connecticut...read more

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Discusses the life and times of the Sauk chief who led his people in a struggle to prevent the advance of white settlers in Illinois in the early 1800s

Product Description: Traces the life of the Sauk Indian leader who struggled in vain to prevent the Americans from claiming the rich farmland near the Mississippi River in Illinois.

As the last great leader of the Sauk Indians, Black Hawk fought against great odds to save the homeland of his people from land-hungry white settlers