Autobiography of Ma−ka−tai−me−she−kia−kiak, or Black Hawk
Black Hawk Autobiography of Ma−ka−tai−me−she−kia−kiak, or Black Hawk Table of Contents
Autobiography of Ma−ka−tai−me−she−kia−kiak, or Black Hawk...... 1 Black Hawk...... 1 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BLACK HAWK...... 5 BLACK HAWK'S TOWER...... 23 MR. GRAHAM'S SPEECH...... 49 STARTS FOR A NEW HOME...... 52 BLACK HAWK'S LAST VISIT...... 53 BLACK HAWK'S REMOVAL TO THE DES MOINES RIVER...... 55 ELDON, Iowa, July 15, 1881...... 57 THE BLACK HAWK TOWER...... 58 BLACK HAWK'S WATCH TOWER...... 59 THE BLACK HAWK WAR...... 59 THE BLACK HAWK WAR...... 62 STILLMAN'S DEFEAT...... 63 KILBOURN'S NARRATIVE...... 64 BATTLE OF PECATONICA...... 68 FIGHT AT APPLE RIVER FORT...... 69 APPLE RIVER FORT...... 69 KELLOGG'S GROVE FORT...... 70 MAJOR DEMENT'S BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS...... 71 AT WISCONSIN HEIGHTS...... 73 STEAMBOAT WARRIOR'S FIGHT...... 75 GENERAL ATKINSON'S REPORT...... 75 APPENDIX...... 76 WARREN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT...... 77 GEN. SCOTT ARRIVES AT CHICAGO...... 78 THE GENERAL'S REMEDY...... 79 TREATY WITH SACS AND FOXES...... 79 THE CITY OF DAVENPORT, IOWA...... 80 THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND...... 80 THE CITY OF MOLINE...... 80 THE CITY OF KEOKUK, IOWA,...... 81 THE CITY OF MUSCATINE, IOWA...... 82 THE CITY OF DUBUQUE...... 82
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• AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BLACK HAWK. • BLACK HAWK'S TOWER. • MR. GRAHAM'S SPEECH. • STARTS FOR A NEW HOME. • BLACK HAWK'S LAST VISIT • BLACK HAWK'S REMOVAL TO THE DES MOINES RIVER. • ELDON, Iowa, July 15, 1881. • THE BLACK HAWK TOWER. • BLACK HAWK'S WATCH TOWER. • THE BLACK HAWK WAR. • THE BLACK HAWK WAR. • STILLMAN'S DEFEAT. • KILBOURN'S NARRATIVE. • BATTLE OF PECATONICA. • FIGHT AT APPLE RIVER FORT. • APPLE RIVER FORT. • KELLOGG'S GROVE FORT. • MAJOR DEMENT'S BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS. • AT WISCONSIN HEIGHTS. • STEAMBOAT WARRIOR'S FIGHT. • GENERAL ATKINSON'S REPORT. • APPENDIX. • WARREN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. • GEN. SCOTT ARRIVES AT CHICAGO. • THE GENERAL'S REMEDY. • TREATY WITH SACS AND FOXES. • THE CITY OF DAVENPORT, IOWA. • THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND • THE CITY OF MOLINE • THE CITY OF KEOKUK, IOWA, • THE CITY OF MUSCATINE, IOWA. • THE CITY OF DUBUQUE.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
Autobiography of Ma−ka−tai−me−she−kia−kiak, or Black Hawk 1 Autobiography of Ma−ka−tai−me−she−kia−kiak, or Black Hawk
MA−KA−TAI−ME−SHE−KIA−KIAK,
OR
BLACK HAWK,
EMBRACING THE TRADITIONS OF HIS NATION, VARIOUS WARS IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN ENGAGED, AND HIS ACCOUNT OF THE CAUSE AND GENERAL HISTORY OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR OF 1832,
His Surrender, and Travels Through the United States.
DICTATED BY HIMSELF.
ANTOINE LECLAIR, U. S. INTERPRETER. J.B. PATTERSON, EDITOR AND AMANUENSIS.
ROCK ISLAND. ILLINOIS, 1833.
ALSO LIFE, DEATH AND BURIAL OF THE OLD CHIEF, TOGETHER WITH A History of the Black Hawk War, By J.B. PATTERSON, OQUAWKA, ILL, 1882.
Copyrighted by J.B. PATTERSON, 1882.
AS A TOKEN OF HIGH REGARD, I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME TO MY FRIEND, HON. BAILEY DAVENPORT, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
AFFIDAVIT.
DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, SS. Be it remembered, that on this sixteenth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty−three, J.B. Patterson, of said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the title of which is in the words following, to wit: