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THE
Black Hawk War
This bookrepresents long years of patienttoil from which a correspondingreturn is not expected;it has been a labor of love.To whom, then, should it bededicated but yourself, whospent so many toilsome yearsto rear its author, who maynever repay a fraction of thedebt he owes you.
F.E.S.
INTRODUCTION
In the autumn of 1871, I began the collection of materials for thebook which is just completed; at a time when many original sources existedfrom which to draw. Since that ti