Sauk
Americannoun
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Sauks,
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Sauk
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.
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the dialect of the Fox language spoken by the Sauk.
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In a statement, Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister said Ms Backeberg's disappearance "was by her own choice and not the result of any criminal activity or foul play".
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
Tucked between snow-capped peaks where the Sauk and Stillaguamish river valleys meet, an hour and a half northeast of Seattle, Darrington was established in the 1890s and grew with the timber industry.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
His father was a prominent doctor in Sauk Centre, a town of about 2,800 — read all about it in “Main Street.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
Severe thunderstorms were also reported in Dane, Rock, Columbia, Sauk, Green and Iowa counties in southern Wisconsin.
From Fox News ● Aug. 11, 2021
“I guess I brought some new talent to it. But I want to go to Sauk Centre.”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Within a decade, a small group of Sauks would cede their remaining territory in Illinois.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2014
Under no circumstances would the Sauks have permitted such a defiance of fate itself.
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
When Otto was bought of the Sauks, a pretty fair price was paid for him, and it was not to be expected that his purchasers would discount that compensation.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Now that the main cause of the hullabaloo was removed, the Sauks gained more time to view their immediate surroundings.
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
He told Jack that the people with whom he had passed more than a week were Sauks, under the leadership of the chieftain whose lodge had sheltered the prisoner during his captivity.
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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