How Did Black Hawk Treat The Americans

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By reading the Life of Black Hawk, I realized how the Sac tribe was treated rude and harsh by as they called the whites, comparing how the Sac tribe treated others based on peace and spiritual lifestyle. At first, Black Hawk and his tribe wish to live with Americans peacefully. After the agreement was signed with no conscious of the terms by Sac and Fox tribes with U.S government, the whites were using every conceivable method to expel Sac tribe from their homeland. Consequently, Black Hawk decided to fight with the Americans and join in the British side. The Sacs was living full of happiness. They had everything they need to survive and everyone was close. Actually, the tribe combined with Sac and Fox after the Fox Indians were most killed …show more content…

Louis, Black Hawk decided to see their American father explain what happened, releasing their friend after he held a council at their village. However, their friend was SHOT DEAD when he started and ran a short distance out of the prison. At that time, they signed the treaty which causes a sharp conflict later. I believe the death of their friends hide an invisible fuse between the Sac tribe and U.S government. In Black Hawk’s word, the treaty of 1804 was including “all of the countries east of the Mississippi, and south of Jefferson was cede to the United States”. (Black Hawk, …show more content…

Colonel Dixon said: “Your English Father has found out that the Americans want to take your country from you and has sent me and my braves to drive them back to their own country.” (Black Hawk, P27) The Sac had forced to join the British side to survival under the harsh situation. If they wanted to keep their homeland and living in peace as before, the only choice they had is standing opposite against Americans with British. If the contradictory position was forced before, it became from the heart when Black Hawk’s adopted son dead because of cruelly and wantonly murdered by the whites. He collected a party of thirty braves to start the war. Black Hawk started considered if the great chief of St. Louis could give them 6,000 dollars to buy treaty and other objects, they will agree to move to the west of Mississippi River. However, a few days later, the war chief came back and said: “The great chief of St. Louis would give us nothing! – and said if we did not remove immediately, we should be drove off!” Then, Black Hawk denied to admit the treaty of 1804 “We had never sold our country. We never received any annuities from our American father, and we are determined to hold on to our village!” (Black Hawk,

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