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    Black Hawk, also spelled Blackhawk, is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km)...
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    "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, to the U.S. state of Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous...
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  • free dictionary. Black Hawk and Blackhawk may refer to: Black Hawk (horse), a Morgan horse that lived from 1833 to 1856 Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus...
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    Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Sauk: Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa) (c. 1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what...
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    The Black Hawk Bridge spans the Mississippi River, joining the town of Lansing, in Allamakee County, Iowa, to rural Crawford County, Wisconsin. It is...
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    9; -90.4 The Black Hawk Purchase, also known as the Forty-Mile Strip or Scott's Purchase, extended along the West side of the Mississippi River from the...
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    The Black Hawk State Historic Site, in Rock Island, Illinois, is adjacent to the historic site of the village of Saukenuk, the home of a band of Native...
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    warriors. Black Hawk had an alliance with the British that dated from the War of 1812, giving them their colloquial name. The band crossed the Mississippi River...
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    Battle of Bad Axe (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Wisconsin)
    return west of the Mississippi River. Angered by the loss of his birthplace, Black Hawk led a number of incursions across the Mississippi River into Illinois...
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    Chicago Blackhawks name and logo controversy (category Black Hawk (Sauk leader))
    which took his homelands and called for removal west of the Mississippi River. In 1832, Black Hawk led an armed party of Sacs, Meskwakis (Foxes), Kickapoos...
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