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" ... there was but little game of any sort to be found — and 'fish were equally scarce. The great distance to any settlement, and the impossibility of bringing supplies therefrom, if any could have been obtained, deterred our young men from making further... "
The History of Wisconsin: Documentary - Page 149
by William Rudolph Smith - 1854
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Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak Or Black Hawk

Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1834 - 182 pages
...carry them to the whites. If these young men belonging to my band, had not gone with the Pottowatomies, the two young squaws would have shared the same fate...further attempts. We were forced to dig roots and bark trees, to obtain something to satisfy hunger and keep us alive ! Several of our old people became...
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Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak Or Black Hawk

Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1834 - 174 pages
...carry them to the whites. If these young men belonging to my band, had not gone with the Pottowatomies, the two young squaws would have shared the same fate...thereto,) there was but little game of any sort to be found—and fish were equally scarce. The great distance to any settlement, and the impossibility of...
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THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

CHARLES R. TUTTLE - 1875 - 800 pages
...to to obtain enough to eat to support nature. Situated in a swampy', marshy country (which had bben selected in consequence of the great difficulty required...; and fish were equally scarce. The great distance of any settlement, and the impossibility of bringing supplies therefrom, if any could have been obtained,...
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The Sauks and the Black Hawk War: With Biographical Sketches, Etc

Perry A. Armstrong - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1887 - 1096 pages
...consequence of the great difficulty required to gain access thereto), there was but little game of any kind to be found and fish were equally scarce. The great...further attempts. We were forced to dig roots and bark trees to obtain something to satisfy hunger, and keep us alive. Several of our old people became...
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Annual Report and Collections

State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1892 - 542 pages
...During our encampment at Four Lakes, we were hard put, to obtain enough to eat to support nature. Stuck in a swampy, marshy country (which had been selected...sort to be found — and fish were equally scarce * * * We were forced to dig roots and bark trees, to obtain something to satisfy our hunger and keep...
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How George Rogers Clark Won the Northwest: And Other Essays in Western History

Reuben Gold Thwaites - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1903 - 446 pages
...During our encampment at Four Lakes, we were hard put, to obtain enough to eat to support nature. Stuck in a swampy, marshy country (which had been selected...sort to be found — and fish were equally scarce. ... We were forced to dig roots and bark trees, to obtain something to satisfy our hunger and keep...
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Autobiography, Through the Interpretation of Antoine LeClaire

Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1912 - 192 pages
...encampment at the Four Lakes we were hard pressed to obtain enough to eat to support nature. Situated in a swampy, marshy country (which had been selected...further attempts. We were forced to dig roots and bark trees to obtain something to satisfy hunger and keep us alive. Several of our old people became...
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Life of Black Hawk: Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak

Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1916 - 228 pages
...their story see Stevens, op.cit., 146 ff. 152 During our encampment at the Four Lakes, we were hard put to obtain enough to eat to support nature. Situate...further attempts. We were forced to dig roots and bark trees, to obtain something to satisfy hunger and keep us alive! Several of our old people became...
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The Lakeside Classics, Issue 14

1916 - 226 pages
...their story see Stevens, op.cit., 146 ff. During our encampment at the Four Lakes, we were hard put to obtain enough to eat to support nature. Situate...further attempts. We were forced to dig roots and bark trees, to obtain something to satisfy hunger and keep us alive! Several of our old people became...
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Black Hawk: An Autobiography

Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - Biography & Autobiography - 1964 - 202 pages
...kept. (loway's testimony, Minutes of an Examination of Indian Prisoners, Aug. 27, 1832, NA:ACO in IHI.) great difficulty required to gain access thereto,)...further attempts. We were forced to dig roots and bark trees, to obtain something to satisfy hunger and keep us alive! Several of our old people became...
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