for militia--The Indians abandon their village--treaty of peace made
with them--Official letters to the war department--Summary of the
causes which brought on this disturbance--Black Hawk's attempt to
form an alliance with other tribes 91


CHAPTER V.

Keokuk's birth--Kills a Sioux when fifteen years old--Prevents the
abandonment of the Sac village--Bold manoeuvre with the Sioux--Perils
his life for the safety of his people--Speech to the Menominies
at Prairie des Chiens--Called upon to lead his braves to join
in the Black Hawk war--Allays the excitement of his people on this
subject--Deposed from his post as head chief and a young man elected
in his place--Re-established in power--Delivers up his nephew to
the whites to be tried for murder--Letter to the Governor of
Illinois--Council at Washington in 1837--Retorts upon the Sioux--His
visit to Boston--His return home--His personal appearance--And
his character as a war and peace chief 118


CHAPTER VI.

Murder of twenty-eight Menominies by the Foxes of Black Hawk's
band--Naopope's visit to Malden--Black Hawk recrosses the
Mississippi--General Atkinson orders him to return--Stillman's
attack--Defeated by Black Hawk--His white flag fired upon--He sends
out war parties upon the frontier--Attack upon Fort Buffalo--General
Dodge's battle on the Wisconsin--Black Hawk and his band leave the
Four Lakes and fly to the Mississippi--Pursued by General Atkinson--Black