LIFE

OF

MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK

OR

BLACK HAWK,

EMBRACING THE

TRADITION OF HIS NATION-INDIAN WARS IN WHICH HE HAS
BEEN ENGAGED-CAUSE OF JOINING THE BRITISH IN THEIR
LATE WAR WITH AMERICA, and ITS HISTORY-DE-
SCRIPTION OF THE ROCK-RIVER VILLAGE-MAN-

NERS AND CUSTOMS-ENCROACHMENTS BY

THE WHITES, CONTRARY TO TREA-
TY-REMOVAL FROM HIS
VILLAGE IN 1831.

WITH AN

ACCOUNT OF THE CAUSE AND GENERAL HISTORY

OF THE

LATE WAR,

HIS

SURRENDER AND CONFINEMENT AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS,

AND

TRAVELS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES.

DICTATED BY HIMSELF.

J. B. Patterson, of Rock Island, Ill. Editor and Proprietor.

BOSTON

1834

US 5043.5.1

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MARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE LIBRARY OF
FRANKLIN P. RICE
GIFT OF

MRS. MARY B. RICE
MAY 29, 1922

DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, ss:

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this sixteenth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-three, J. B. PATTERSON, of said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the title of which is in the words following, to wit:

"Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk, embracing the Tradition of his Nation-Indian Wars in which he has been engagedCause of joining the British in their late War with America, and its History-Description of the Rock-River Village-Manners and Customs-Encroachments by the Whites, contrary to Treaty-Removal from his Village in 1831. With an Account of the Cause and General History of the Late War, his Surrender and Confinement at Jefferson Barracks, and Travels through the United States. Dictated by himself." J. E. Patterson of Rock Island, Ill. Editor and Proprietor.

The right whereof he claims as author; in conformity with an act of Congress, entitled "An act to amend the several acts respecting copy rights."

W. H. BROWN, CLERK

of the District of Illinois.

INDIAN AGENCY,

ROCK-ISLAND, October 16, 1833.

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kiàkiak, or Black Hawk, did call upon me, on his return to his people in August last, and express a great desire to have a History of his Life written and published, in order, (as he said) "that the people of the United States, (among whom he had been travelling, and by whom he had been treated with great respect, friendship and hospitality,) might know the causes that had impelled him to act as he has done, and the principles by which he was governed." In accordance with his request, I acted as Interpreter; and was particularly cautious, to understand distinctly the narrative of Black Hawk throughout—and have examined the work carefully, since its completion-and have no hesitation in pronouncing it strictly correct, in all its particulars.

Given under my hand, at the Sac and Fox
Agency, the day and date above written.

ANTOINE LECLAIR,

U. S. Interpreter for the Sacs and Foxes.