Sauk
Americannoun
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Sauks,
plural
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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
On a May day sweltering under record-breaking heat, Loucky, 43, is keeping cool in the shade of evergreen trees along the banks of the roaring Sauk River.
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
“Sure, but that’s not so far away—like he says San Francisco. My brother’s in the Navy. He’s in San Diego. You got relations in 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
"It seems to me the Sauks can tell a good deal more than I; for instance—" Deerfoot suddenly raised his forefinger and leaned his head forward and sideways.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The two warriors whom Hay-uta had pointed out as members of the party that had bought Otto Relstaub from the Sauks, were objects of much interest to the youth.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
From what has been told concerning Deerfoot, the reader knows that the tribe which held Jack Carleton prisoner were Sauks, or Sacs, as the name is often spelled.
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
I have seen a great many Sauks, but it was hard work to tell them apart when they were a little ways off.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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