Sauk

[ sawk ]

/ sɔk /

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a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.

the dialect of the Fox language spoken by the Sauk.

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[sak, sawk] /sæk, sɔk/ .

Ahlef said there simply were no other employment opportunities where he lived in the town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
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Her legs were long, and her buttocks curved out sharply; those of Sauk women were flatter.
Shaman|Robert Shea
Redbird thought, the Sauk were known far and wide as a people who never shirked the demands of honor.
Shaman|Robert Shea
She saw they were Sauk women, some holding babies, some with small children standing beside them.
Shaman|Robert Shea

Five blue-coated long knives rode before the Sauk and another five behind them.
Shaman|Robert Shea
Her cries were drowned out by the shouts of the long knives, ordering the Sauk to get to their feet and start walking again.
Shaman|Robert Shea