Black Hawk War

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a war fought in northern Illinois and present-day southern Wisconsin, 1831–32, in which U.S. regulars and militia with Indian allies defeated the Sauk and Fox Indians, led by Chief Black Hawk, attempting to recover lost hunting grounds.

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How to use Black Hawk War in a sentence

This account of the Black Hawk War is the most trustworthy, complete, and interesting which has been made.
McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2|Various
The tribes in this secluded region were then meditating the outbreak which eventuated the next year in the Black Hawk War.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Reversing the usual promotion, he went into the Black Hawk War a captain and, through no fault of his own, came out a private.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln|John G. Nicolay
He volunteers in the Black Hawk war, and does the State good service in its sorest need.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon

Harney had served in the Black Hawk war and also in our war with Mexico.
The Awakening of the Desert|Julius C. Birge