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In 1831, the Black Hawk War began between the United States and two Indian tribes, the Sauk and the Fox. The Narrative of the Captivity and Providential Escape of Mrs. Jane Lewis...provides some details about its beginning.
The Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk ...as dictated by himself