Keokuk,
Meskwaki
Keokuk was the Meskwaki Indian leader who sold Black Hawk's land, thus starting the Black Hawk War, one of the few wars that took place primarily in Wisconsin. "It is the most important though, because it was the Indians last stand against the white man in Wisconsin. The Black Hawk War has been described as shameful butchery . . . "
Black Hawk War by students of Freedom Area School District, Wisconsin
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