Uncommon Defense: Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War

by John Hall and John W. Hall

Book Overview

In the spring of 1832, when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands earlier ceded to American settlers, the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. Elements of the Menominee, Dakota, Potawatomi, and Ho Chunk tribes willingly allied themselves with the United States government against their fellow Native Americans in an uncommon defense of their diverse interests. As the Black...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035186
• ISBN13: 9780674035188
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.3"