Black Hawk and the Warrior's Path

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 (2003), and Indians in the United States and Canada (1998).

• List of Figures ixPreface xiTimeline xiii1 Who is Black Hawk? 1600–1804 12 The Americans were coming to take possession 1804–1812 243 They made fair promises but never fulfilled them 1812–1816 474 We were a divided people 1816–1828 695 Nothing was talked about but leaving our village 1828–1831 896 The British would assist us 1831–1832 1107 My object was not war 1832 1328 Once I was a great warrior 1832–1838 146Bibliographical Essay 169Index 179