I am a man : the Indian Black Hawk

Author/Creator:

Cole, Cyrenus, 1863-1939, author

Publication/Creation:

Iowa City, Iowa : The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1938

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

I am a man : the Indian Black Hawk / a book by Cyrenus Cole, marking the one hundredth anniversary of the passing of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak

Series Titles:

HeinOnline Indigenous peoples of the Americas: history, culture & law
HeinOnline U.S. political & legal history
Indigenous peoples of the Americas: history, culture & law.
U.S. political & legal history.

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Additional Author/Creators:

State Historical Society of Iowa, issuing body

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Black Hawk(Sauk chief),1767-1838
Black Hawk War, 1832

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The Mississippi frontier. Three flags on the Mississippi -- The Sauks and Saukenuk -- The rivals : Black Hawk and Keokuk -- Five men and a treaty -- Fort Madison and the frontier -- Westward the curse of empire -- Tecumseh and Tippecanoe -- Black Hawk joins the British -- The return of the prodigal -- War on the Mississippi -- New treaties and new forts -- Black Hawk on the watch tower -- Between two wars -- The white tide sweeps in -- Guns all around the Winnebagoes -- The Winnebago peace treaty -- The Black Hawk war. Scenes and actors -- The squatters enter Saukenuk -- The call to arms -- Saukenuk must be destroyed -- Articles of capitulation -- Black Hawk prepares for war -- The war dance on the Iowa -- Across the forbidden river -- The Powder plot -- A night of waiting -- A timid general and a defiant Indian -- The muster of volunteers -- Lincoln as a volunteer -- Black Hawk prepares a white flag -- Stillman's defeat -- After the disaster -- Black Hawk spares an enemy -- The ride of Shabonee -- The volunteers go home -- Are you forted -- Massacres and skirmishes -- General Scott ordered to the front -- The second army -- Black Hawk on the warpath -- An army locoed on Lake Koshkonong -- What Henry and Dodge found and did -- The Battle of the Wisconsin -- A letter stained with blood -- The race for the Mississippi -- The massacre at the Bad Axe -- Stories and statistics -- The Sac and Fox Frontier in Iowa. Black Hawk and Iowa -- General Scott takes command -- The surrender of Black Hawk -- Black Hawk in chains -- Woe to the conquered -- The march of the pioneers -- I am a man -- The prisoner returns -- The autobiography of an Indian -- Life on the Iowa River -- Among white neighbors -- A monument without a tomb -- Westward trails -- Epilogue by Posidonake.

Bibliography:

"Notes and citations": pages 283-294.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (312 pages, 1 leaf of plates) : portrait, illustrations, map

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937384364902486

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