Makataimeshekiakiak: War Chief Black Hawk - Sauk & Ute - Rock island, Illinois, USA - Turtle Island

This is a series of photos and words about some of Meshômetha Makataimeshekiakiak's / (Grandfather Black Hawk's).. life, with a mini-biography and some accounts of warrior life, as well as some of his skills as a negotiator and orator....
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Grandfather Chief Makataimeshekiakiak (Chief Black Hawk), was a Sauk & Ute War Chief.. and was born 1767 in Rock island, Illinois.. and died October 3rd 1838.., near Des Moines, Iowa. According to Sauk oral history, Black Hawk was a direct descendant of Thunder (Nanamakee), who was said to have had contact with an early French explorer, possibly Samuel de Champlain. Chief
Black Hawk earned the title of War Chief in the wars with the Osages (1782-1787). The 1804 Treaty of St. Louis, signed between Governor William Henry Harrison and Sauk chief Quashquame, ceded most of Sauk and Mesquakie territory to the United States. Chief Black Hawk and other Chieftains rejected the validity of the treaty, arguing that not all chiefs of the two nations had been consulted. The full tribal councils had not been involved in negotiations, and Quashquame did not have the legal right to cede land. Chief Black Hawk led the resistance against American attempts to settle the land, leading an attack on Fort Madison in July of 1809..., as well as many others.., including the well-known.. "Black Hawk War".
..""You have taken me prisoner with all my warriors...
I am much grieved.., for I expected to hold out much longer..
.. and give you more trouble.., before I surrendered."
-- Black Hawk
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I thank Grandfather Chief (Black Hawk.. in Spirit), ...and all of his relations...; The Sauk & Ute Peoples..; Thomas Oklahoma.; TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca..; WIKI..; warpaths2peacepipes.com.. ROBERT MIRABEL..; Brian Stoner & Friends..; Sauk-Suittle Men's Traditional..; BlackHawkJourney.blogspot..; . and to all the other brothers and sisters who have saved some great photos of Grandfather....
Ketêpihipwa / Many Blessings & Thanks / Chi Miigwetch!....
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