Black Hawk

/blæk hɔk/
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Definitions of Black Hawk
  1. noun
    Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
    synonyms: Makataimeshekiakiak
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    Sac, Sauk
    a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay
    Indian chief, Indian chieftain
    the leader of a group of Native Americans
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