COMMANDER // 1767–1838
Black Hawk
war chiefUnited States2 battles1 war
Lifespan
1767 – 1838
Active service 1832 — 2 battles across 1 war; first command at age 65.
Profile
Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, known in English as Black Hawk, was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States. Although he had inherited an important historic sacred bundle from his father, he was not a hereditary civil chief. Black Hawk earned his status as a war chief or captain by his actions: leading raiding and war parties as a young man and then a band of Sauk warriors during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
Battles (2)
1832
1832