CHAPTER I.–Birth, Personal Description and Character of

Black Hawk. Not a Chief. Made a Brave. Expeditions

against the Osages. Death of Py-e-sa. Period of Mourning.

Expedition against the Osages. Expedition against the

Cherokees. Expedition against the Chippewas, Osages and

Kickapoos. The first Appearance of the Americans 17