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1767 – 1838Black Hawk (1767-1838)Died 3 October 1838, aged 71Black Hawk, the Sauk leader who led resistance against US expansion in the 1832 conflict bearing his name, died at a Sauk and Meskwaki settlement in Iowa. After his defeat and brief imprisonment, he dictated an autobiography that became one of the first published accounts by a Native American leader. His name was later given to numerous places and institutions across the American Midwest.