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Sauk

American  
[sawk] / sɔk /
Also Sac

noun

  • Sauks,
    plural
  • Sauk
    plural
  1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.

  2. 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

How does this trail, the Sauk River ADA Trail, reflect some of those priorities and solutions?

From Seattle Times Jul. 11, 2023

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

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

"Some of the Sauks took him by another path; Hay-uta knows not where he is."

From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis

The Sauks at one time sold three thousand bushels of corn to the government officials at Fort Crawford for their horses.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

The Sauks were a brave, warlike people, and this offshoot, which had located in that portion of Upper Louisiana, was among the most daring and vindictive of the tribe.

From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis

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