/ 41.9°N 90.4°W / 41.9; -90.4 The Black Hawk Purchase, also known as the Forty-Mile Strip or Scott's Purchase, extended along the West side of the...
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The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted...
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free dictionary. Black Hawk and Blackhawk may refer to: Black Hawk (horse), a Morgan horse that lived from 1833 to 1856 Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus...
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Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Sauk: Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa) (c. 1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what...
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The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and...
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Sikorsky S-70 (redirect from Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk)
States Army in the 1970s, winning a competition to be designated the UH-60 Black Hawk and spawning a large family in U.S. military service. New and improved...
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Kali Hawk (born October 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, model and jewelry designer. She has starred in films such as Fifty Shades of Black, Couples...
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Keokuk (Sauk leader) (category Native Americans of the Black Hawk War)
surrounding Keokuk's village in Iowa was exempted from the 1832 Black Hawk Purchase, a treaty which ended the war and which was negotiated at Fort Armstrong...
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The Black Hawk Tree, or Black Hawk's Tree, was a cottonwood tree located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States. Local legend held that Sauk leader...
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Battle of Wisconsin Heights (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Wisconsin)
engagement of the 1832 Black Hawk War, fought between the United States state militia and allies, and the Sauk and Fox tribes, led by Black Hawk. The battle took...
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St. Vrain massacre (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Illinois)
The St. Vrain massacre was an incident in the Black Hawk War. It occurred near present-day Pearl City, Illinois, in Kellogg's Grove, on May 24, 1832. The...
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The Black Hawk State Historic Site, in Rock Island, Illinois, is adjacent to the historic site of the village of Saukenuk, the home of a band of Native...
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their historic march in the summer of 1835, to scout Iowa after the Black Hawk Purchase of 1832 put the area under U.S. control. The march led to the establishment...
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Northwest Black Hawk Purchase (1832) The United States purchases Potawatomi land in the Treaty of Tippecanoe (1832) The United States purchases the rest...
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The Waterloo Black Hawks are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL) under Head Coach...
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Chicago Blackhawks (redirect from Chicago Black Hawks)
The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The...
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Battle of Wisconsin Heights Battle of Bad Axe Related topics Black Hawk Purchase Black Hawk Tree Keokuk's Reserve Treaty of St. Louis (1804) First Treaty...
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Battle of Fort Dearborn. A Potawatomi chief named Mucktypoke (Makdébki, Black Partridge), counseled his fellow warriors against the attack. Later he saved...
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cessions by the Sauk and Meskwaki in 1837 (the "Second Black Hawk Purchase") and 1842 (the "New Purchase"), so that by 1845 nearly all had left Iowa. Similarly...
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Iowa (redirect from Hawk-Eye State)
led to the 1832 Black Hawk War. The Sauk and Meskwaki sold their land in the Mississippi Valley during 1832 in the Black Hawk Purchase and sold their remaining...
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volunteer in the Illinois Militia April 21, 1832 – July 10, 1832, during the Black Hawk War. Lincoln never saw combat during his tour but was elected captain...
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Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur and the owner of the skateboard company...
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Battle of Wisconsin Heights Battle of Bad Axe Related topics Black Hawk Purchase Black Hawk Tree Keokuk's Reserve Treaty of St. Louis (1804) First Treaty...
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William S. Hamilton (category American people of the Black Hawk War)
During the April–August 1832 Black Hawk War, between white settlers in the lead mining regions and Sauk Chief Black Hawk's British Band, Hamilton again...
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Grayson County, Kentucky, on 22 May 1811, Shields moved to land in the Black Hawk Purchase shortly after the treaty was signed. From 1835, he ran a store in...
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Sac and Fox treaty of 1842 (redirect from New Purchase (1842))
relinquish some of their land in eastern Iowa. This land, known as the Black Hawk Purchase, constituted a strip fifty miles wide lying along the Mississippi...
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Battle of Kellogg's Grove (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Illinois)
Grove is either of two minor battles, or skirmishes, fought during the Black Hawk War in the U.S. state of Illinois, in present-day Stephenson County at...
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British Band (redirect from Black Hawk's Band of 1832)
commanded by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, which fought against Illinois and Michigan Territory militias during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The band was composed...
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Battle of Stillman's Run (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Illinois)
underway. The engagement was the first battle of the Black Hawk War (1832), which developed after Black Hawk crossed the Mississippi River from Iowa into Illinois...
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Checokalako (category Native Americans of the Black Hawk War)
aligned with Black Hawk's British Band during the 1832 Black Hawk War. Checokalako was a Sauk and one of seven civil chiefs aligned with Black Hawk's British...
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