Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword v Preface x One Who is Black Hawk? 1600-18041 Two The Americans were coming to take possession 1803-16 21 Three We were a divided people 1816-31 62 Four My object was not war 1831-32 101 Five Once I was a great warrior 1832-38 136 Bibliographical Essay 160 Index 169 Map: The Sauk Homeland 8

About the Author

Roger L. Nichols isProfessor Emeritus of History and Affiliate Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona, USA. A past President of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, he received three Fulbright appointments in Europe, one in Canada, and three awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is author of eleven books that discuss frontier and Western America, and Native American affairs in the US and Canada, including Warrior Nations - 2013 -, American Indians in US History, and Indians in the United States and Canada - 1998 -.