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Black Hawk



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Title: Black Hawk
Description: Painting of Black Hawk by Robert M. Sully. Black Hawk, a Native American Sauk warrior and leader, sought to attack and drive out the settlers in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin in 1832. After his capture and release, he became a symbol of a diminishing and no longer threatening culture.

Image ID: 11706
Creator
Name:
Sully, Robert
Collection
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Genre: Paintings
Subjects: Cities and towns--Wisconsin
19th Century
Sauk Indians
Wisconsin
Men
 

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