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Keokuk   /kˈioʊkək/  /kˈioʊkʊk/   Listen
Keokuk

noun
1.
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848).





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"Keokuk" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the public the life and adventures of Black Hawk, some account of the Sac and Fox Indians—of Keokuk, their distinguished chief—and of the causes which led to the late contest between these tribes and the United States, was necessarily involved. The introduction of these collateral subjects, may possibly impart additional interest ...
— Great Indian Chief of the West - Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk • Benjamin Drake
... false, and unkind to fasten these stories on any definite originals, they are centered in the region about the small city of Keokuk, Iowa, from which one can also see into Illinois, and into Missouri, where I was born. Comic poets have found something comic in the name of Keokuk, as in other town names in which the letter "K" is prominent. Why "K" should be so humorous, I can't imagine. The name of ...
— In a Little Town • Rupert Hughes


Words linked to "Keokuk" :   Indian chieftain, sac, Indian chief, Sauk


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