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Keokuk may refer to: *Keokuk (Sauk chief) Entities named after Chief Keokuk: Places: *Keokuk, Iowa, USA *Keokuk County, Iowa, USA *Keokuk Airport, USA *Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge, USA *Keokuk Rail Bridge, USA *Keokuk Avenue, a street in Chatsworth, California, USA Things: *Keokuk Westerns, a professional baseball team in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, National Association in 1875 *, several US Navy ships {{disambiguation ...
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Keokuk (Sauk Chief)
Keokuk (circa 1780–June 1848) was a leader of the Sauk people, Sauk tribe in central North America, and for decades was one of the most recognized Native American leaders and noted for his accommodation with the U.S. government. Keokuk moved his tribe several times and always acted as an ardent friend of the Americans.Appleton's Cyclopedia (1892) vol. III p. 523 His policies were contrary to fellow Sauk leader Black Hawk (chief), Black Hawk, who led part of their band to defeat in the Black Hawk War, was later returned by U.S. forces to Keokuk's custody, and who died a decade before Keokuk. Early and family life Keokuk was born around 1780 on the Rock River (Mississippi River tributary), Rock River in what soon became Illinois Territory to a Sauk warrior of the Fox clan and his wife of mixed lineage. He lived in a village near what became Peoria, Illinois on the Illinois River, and although not of the traditional ruling elite, was elected to the tribal council as a young man. He ...
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