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Sac and Fox
Sac and Fox closely related Native Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). Sac and Fox culture was of the Eastern Woodlands area with some Plains-area traits (see under Natives, North American ). For a long period they dwelt around Saginaw Bay in E Michigan, but in the early 17th cent. they were driven from this area by the allied Ottawa and Neutral groups. The Sac (also commonly written Sauk) and the Fox fled N across the Strait of Mackinac, then S into present Wisconsin. Thus in 1667, when visited by Father Claude Jean Allouez, they were settled around Green Bay in NE Wisconsin. They then numbered some 6,500.
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"Sac and Fox." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sac and Fox." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SacNFox.html "Sac and Fox." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SacNFox.html |
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Sauk (Or Sac) Indians
Sauk (Or Sac) Indians, Algonquian tribe related to the Fox Indians of the Great Lakes region, inhabited the Rock River country of Illinois, and the adjacent region in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri. They were united with the Fox after 1730, aided the British in the War of 1812, and in 1832 participated in the Black Hawk War. They figure in historical studies of these battles, Jonathan Carver's Travels, W.J. Snelling's Tales of the Northwest, and fiction by August Derleth.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Sauk (Or Sac) Indians." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Sauk (Or Sac) Indians." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-SaukOrSacIndians.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Sauk (Or Sac) Indians." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-SaukOrSacIndians.html |
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