Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
Subtitle: embracing the tradition of his nation, Indian wars in which he has been engaged, cause of joining the British in their late war with America and its history, description of the Rock-River village, manners and customs, encroachments by the whites contrary to treaty, removal from his village in 1831 ; with an account of the cause and general history of the late war, his surrender and confinement at Jefferson Barracks, and travels through the United States
By: dictated by himself
Contributors: Patterson, J. B. (John Barton), 1805-1890; Newberry Library
Publisher: Russell, Odiorne & Metcalf
Published: 1834
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Sauk Indians; Biography; Black Hawk War, 1832; Personal narratives; Travel
Other titles: Life of Black Hawk; American West (Marlborough, England)
Notes: "J.B. Patterson, of Rock Island, Ill., editor and proprietor"

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