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
She spent several days a week searching before she finally found him Nov. 13 near Sauk Centre.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
On July 14, a search was conducted on land owned by the state Department of Natural Resources near Sauk City, where additional human remains – later identified as Krista's – were located by investigators.
From Fox News ● Jan. 21, 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
“I want to go to Sauk Centre and I don’t seem to be getting there.”
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
One of the Sauks who fell by the hand of the wrathful sachem was the brother of the leading chief.
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
It was Otto Relstaub—the same honest German lad from whom he parted weeks previous when the two were captives in the hands of the wandering Sauks, the divisions of which took such different directions.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
But the sign-language never fails, and had the strangers chosen, they could have given a great deal of information to the Sauks.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Each carried a rifle, tomahawk and knife as his weapons; they had blankets, and their clothing, while nearly the same as that of the Sauks, was of a darker and more sober color.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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