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4 days ago · Under the leadership of Black Hawk, a minority resisted this demand. When they did, the Army forced them to leave. To evade federal troops (joined by Illinois militiamen and Menominee, Ho-Chunk, and Dakota auxiliaries), Black Hawk and several hundred followers fled north into Wisconsin.
3 days ago · A tree destroyed by a 2008 wind storm was carved into a likeness of the Native American leader Black Hawk in the front yard of Jim and Pat Lerch of Rock Island.
14 hours ago · The Keokuk American Legion Auxiliary is having another raffle this year, with all proceeds going to help support our veterans. The items being raffled off are: Two Corn Hole Games or Bag Games. A local veteran made both sets to be raffled off. One set has the St. Louis Cardinal design on it and the ...
1 day ago · Black Hawk, the Sauk leader who refused to be driven away from the land where he grew up; Ritta DeFreitas, a Portuguese immigrant who worked for Abraham and Mary Lincoln;
5 days ago · Answer: Sauk (Sac and Fox) Black Hawk led the Sac and Fox along the Mississippi in a war against the United States in an attempt the illegal takeover of tribal lands. The brief conflict lasted from May to August in 1832 and ended in defeat for the Native side.
4 days ago · In 1876, their territory in South Dakota was threatened by construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and by gold prospectors in the Black Hills. The Black Hills area was sacred to the Indians; they would not stand by and see it desecrated.
4 days ago · Austria has signed a contract to buy 12 Sikorsky Black Hawk utility helicopters, as the country’s armed forces modernize and consolidate their rotary-wing fleets.
