The name of the artist is George Catlin (1796-1872). he name of the Native Indian in the picture of the Sauk Fox Indian is Pam-a-hó, The Swimmer, One of Black Hawk's Warriors. The picture of him
The Black Hawk War of 1832 resulted in the deaths at least 70 settlers and soldiers, and hundreds of Black Hawk's band. As well as the combat casualties of the war, a relief force under General
The Winnebago War of 1827, also known as the Fevre Indian War or Fever River War, was a precursor to a much bigger war known as the Black Hawk War. The Winnebago War was primarily between the
Massacre at Bad Axe: in the Black Hawk War, concludes the Black Hawk War Trilogy of Atkinson’s military and other action in today’s Dane, Iowa, Sauk, Crawford, Vernon and Grant counties of
The Sac, or Sauk, an Algonquin word meaning "yellow earth people" and the Fox, or Meskwaki, meaning "red earth people" originated in what is now Illinois and
This story is told in the words of a tragic figure in American history - a hook-nosed, hollow-cheeked old Sauk warrior who lived under four flags while the Mississippi Valley was being wrested from
A treaty of peace and friendship made and concluded at St. Louis between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States of America, on the
Wabokieshiek (translated White Cloud, The Light or White Sky Light in English, though Waapakiishik in the Sauk language means "White Sky") (ca. 1794 – ca. 1841) was an important Native American of
Flag of Iowa Before 1673, the region had long been home to many American Indians. Approximately seventeen different American Indian tribes had resided here at various times including the Ioway, Sauk,