In search of Black Hawk: Chicago's NHL team and legions of school mascots bear his name, but what about the man himself? From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: August 24, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Patrick T. Reardon

Aug. 24--DeSOTO, Wis. -- Standing next to a well-used horseshoe pit in late afternoon, I'm looking for Black Hawk. His name, often misspelled as one word, is everywhere throughout Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, especially along the Mississippi River -- on high school football teams and historic markers, on bodies of water and outcroppings of land, on parks, businesses and schools. Even in plural on the NHL team in Chicago. But Black Hawk...