Primary Source Spotlight: Black Hawk War of 1832

Black Hawk 1832 historical newspaper coverage

Indian Wars of the West 1833

Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk, and Scenes in the West: a National Poem in Six Cantos 1849

The Great Indian Chief of the West: Life and Adventures of Black Hawk 1854

Battle of Bad Axe print 1857

Scenes and adventures in the army: or, Romance of military life 1859

The good old times in McLean County, Illinois: containing two hundred and sixty-one sketches of old settlers, a complete historical sketch of the Black Hawk war and descriptions of all matters of interest relating to McLean County 1874

Early Times at Fort Winnebago, and Black Hawk War Reminiscences 1879

Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-32, and in the Mexican war, 1846-8 1882

Black Hawk War: Papers of Indian Agent Boyd, 1832 1892

The Story of the Black Hawk War 1892

Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War 1898

The Black Hawk War, Including a Review of Black Hawk’s Life 1903

Chapters in Fox River Valley History: Black Hawk War 1913

The Black Hawk War of 1832 Introduction, background and primary sources Northern Illinois University Digital Library