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Facts, information and articles about Black Hawk, a Native American Indian Chief from the Wild West

Black Hawk summary: Black Hawk was leader of a group of Fox and Sauk Indians.

He was born in the Virginia Colony in 1767. His father was the tribal medicine man and named Pyesa. As a young man he established himself as a war leader while on many different raids of neighboring villages.

Black hawk biography summary page

When is father passed from wounds Black Hawk inherited the medicine bundle his father carried. Black Hawk moved west as a young man. During the War of 1812, Black Hawk and the Sauk and Fox Indians supported British troops, fighting against the Americans.

American government officials tried to make peace with a rival of Black Hawk, but many of the Na