The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life

by Stevens, Frank Everett

Frank Everett Stevens's detailed history of the 1832 Black Hawk War, with an account of the Sauk leader Black Hawk's life. A thorough chronicle of a pivotal conflict on the American frontier.

At a glance In 1832 an aging Sauk leader led his people back across the Mississippi to reclaim their… Frank Everett Stevens set out to record it in full. What it's about Stevens's history recounts the Black Hawk War of 1832, the conflict… The book traces the causes of the war, the movements and engagements of the campaign…

Stevens's history recounts the Black Hawk War of 1832, the conflict between the United States and a band of Sauk, Fox, and allied peoples led by the war chief Black Hawk, who sought to return to lands in Illinois that…