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The Black Hawk War (Wisconsin Historical Society)
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Original Documents and Other Primary Sources from the Wisconsin Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
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Presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois. (a Northern Illinois University Libraries' digitization project)

Black Hawk's Autobiography by Black Hawk
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Call Number: Online - EBSCO
ISBN: 9780813826370
Daily Life through American History in Primary Documents by Randall M. Miller
Call Number: E161 .D35 2012
ISBN: 161069032X
v. 1. The Colonial Period through the American Revolution
v. 2. The American Revolution to the Civil War
v. 3. The Civil War to World War I
v. 4. World War I to the Present
Great Documents in American Indian History by Wayne Moquin
Call Number: E77.2.M826 G7
Indian Oratory by W. C. Vanderwerth
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Call Number: Online - EBSCO
ISBN: 9780806115757
Famous Speeches By Noted Indian Chieftains
Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk by Black Hawk
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
J.B. Patterson editor and proprietor.
The Black Hawk War, 1831-1832 : v. II, Letters and Papers; part I, April 30, 1831-June 23, 1832 by Ellen M Whitney; Illinois State Historical Library
Call Number: Online - free - Internet Archive
Voices of the American Indian Experience by James E. Seelye (Editor); Steven Alden Littleton (Editor)
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Call Number: Online - Ebook Central
ISBN: 9780313381164
"This comprehensive work provides the entire history of American Indians, as told by Indians themselves."

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