Black Hawk

Autobiography Of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak Black Hawk

I was born at the Sac village, on Rock river, in the year 1767, and amnow in my 67th year. My great grandfather, Nanamakee, or Thunder, according to thetradition given me by my father, Pyesa, was born in the vicinity of Montreal, Canada, where the Great Spirit first placed the Sac nation, and inspired himwith a belief that, at the end of four years he should see a white man, whowould be to him a father. Consequently he blacked his face, and eat but oncea day, just as the sun was going down, for three years, and continueddreaming, throughout all this time whenever he slept. When the Great Spirit..