Black Hawk, American tribal leader (born 1767)

Black Hawk (Sauk leader)

American Indian tribal leader (1767–1838)

Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, known in English as Black Hawk, was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States. Although he had inherited an important historic sacred bundle from his father, he was not a hereditary civil chief. Black Hawk earned…