Frank Everett Stevens’s account of the Black Hawk War examines the 1832 conflict between United States forces and the Sauk leader Black Hawk, who led his band back across the Mississippi River in defiance of removal treaties. Stevens documents the military campaigns, political context, and devastating consequences for the Indigenous nations of the upper Midwest, while also providing a biographical review of Black Hawk himself.
The war marked a turning point in American Indian policy and accelerated the forced removal of Native peoples from the Great Lakes region. This free EPUB download presents a well-researched historical account of a defining episode in the westward expansion of the United States.