1832: Prairie du Chien.

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    • Subject Terms:
      PRAIRIE du Chien (Wis.)
    • Subject Terms:
      BLACK Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838
    • Abstract:
      The article presents a speech by Black Hawk, who led the Sauk American Indian people in the Black Hawk War in 1832, delivered in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Topics of the speech include their defeat in the war against the U.S. government, the maltreatment of the white men against Indians, and his efforts to win the war.