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BLACK HAWK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
Synonyms:
Black Hawk; Makataimeshekiakiak
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Sac; Sauk (a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay)
Indian chief; Indian chieftain (the leader of a group of Native Americans)