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“An Indian who is as bad as the white men, could not live in our nation; he would be put to death, and eat [sic] up by the wolves. The white men are bad school-masters; they carry false looks, and deal in false actions; they smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat him; they shake them by the hand to gain their confidence, to make them drunk, to deceive them, and ruin our wives. We told them to let us alone; but they followed on and beset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us like the snake. They poisoned us by their touch. We were not safe. We lived in danger. We were becoming like them, hypocrites and liars, adulterers, lazy drones, all talkers, and no workers.”

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Book:Autobiography of Black Hawk
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Black Hawk, whose real name was Tecumseh Black Hawk, was a renowned Sauk leader. Born in 1767 and died on October 3, 1838, Black Hawk is known for his leadership role in the early 19th-century American frontier wars, particularly in the 1832 Black Hawk War. He was a brave warrior and strategist, as well as a nationalist, dedicated to protecting the land and culture of the Sauk people. more

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