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Cole, Cyrenus, 1863-1939.

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.

Iowa City, Ia., The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1938.

3 preliminary leaves, 5-312 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece (portrait) illustrations (map) 25 cm

"Notes and citations": pages 283-294.

Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838.

Black Hawk War, 1832.

State Historical Society of Iowa.

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.

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