Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak Or Black Hawk |
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Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak Or Black Hawk: Embracing the Tradition of ... Black Hawk (sauk Chief) No preview available - 2019 |
Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak Or Black Hawk John Barton Patterson,Antoine LeClair,Black Hawk No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 69 - The whites may do wrong all their lives, and then if they are sorry for it when about to die, all is well; but with us it is different. We must continue to do good throughout our lives.
Page 31 - Prophet, (whilst others were despatched by him to the villages of the Winnebagoes,) with invitations for us to meet him on the Wabash. Accordingly a party went from each village. All of our party returned, among whom came a Prophet, who explained to us the bad treatment the different nations of Indians had received from the Americans, by giving them a few presents, and taking their land from them. I remember well his saying, — "If you do not join your friends on the Wabash, the Americans will ta\e...
Page 70 - We were friendly treated by the white chiefs, and started back to our village on Rock river. Here we found that troops had arrived to build a fort at Rock Island. This, in our opinion, was a contradiction to what we had done — "to prepare for war in time of peace." We did not, however, object to their building the fort on the island, but we were very sorry, as this was the best island on the Mississippi, and had long been the resort of our young people during the summer. It was our garden (like...
Page 69 - Here, for the first time, I touched the goose quill to the treaty— not knowing, however, that, by that act, I consented to give away my village. Had that been explained to me, I should have opposed it...
Page 42 - Indians, I think they would have gone safe. On our arrival, I found that the Indians had several prisoners. I advised them to treat them well. We continued our march, and joined the British army below Detroit; and soon after had a fight! The Americans fought well, and drove us with considerable loss! I was surprised at this, as I had been told that the Americans could not fight!
Page 137 - ... on our nation by the Sioux. The massacre, which terminated the war, lasted about two hours. Our loss in killed, was about sixty, besides a number that were drowned. The loss of the enemy could not be ascertained by my braves, exactly; but they think that they killed about sixteen, during the action.
Page 130 - Situate in a swampy, marshy country, (which had been selected in consequence of the great difficulty required to gain access thereto,) there was but little game of any sort to be found — -and fish were equally scarce. The great distance to any settlement, and the impossibility of bringing supplies therefrom, if any could have been obtained, deterred our young men from making further attempts. We were forced to dig roots and bark trees, to obtain something to satisfy hunger and keep us -alive !...
Page 135 - Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance of the army, came upon our people, who were attempting to cross the Mississippi. They tried to give themselves up — the whites paid no attention to their entreaties — but commenced slaughtering them ! In a little while the whole army arrived. Our braves, but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined io fight until they were killed...
Page 34 - He begged for permission to go and see them that night, as he was to die the next day! They permitted him to go, after promising to return the next morning by sunrise. He visited his family, which consisted of a wife and six children. I cannot describe their meeting and parting, to be understood by the whites; as it appears that their feelings are acted upon by certain rules laid down by their preachers! — whilst ours are governed only by the monitor within us. He parted from his wife and children,...
Page 77 - This is a happy season of the year, having plenty of provisions, such as beans, squashes and other produce; with our dried meat and fish, we continue to make feasts and visit each other until our corn is ripe.