Introduction
Who is black hawk? He was a leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe who are the indigenous occupants of what is now the United States. Although he had inherited an important medicine bundle, he was not an original of the Sauk civil chiefs. He acquired his status as a result of leading war groups at a tender age and also from his leadership from in the Black Hawk War in 1832. During war in 1812 he fought on the British side but later defected and led some Sauk and Fox warriors against European-American settlers in Illinois.
Childhood
He was born ...
