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Sauks

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

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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

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

He was a friend of Deerfoot; he went among the Sauks, but his friend was not there; he was told that he had been bartered for wampum and blankets and beads to the Pawnees.

From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis

No Sioux or Iroquois could have approached within hundreds of miles without the certainty of an encounter with the warlike Sauks.

From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis

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