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What happened to the Sauk tribe?

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The Sauk left their central Michigan locationfornorthern Wisconsin after tribes of the IroquoisConfederacyattacked the people in the mid-seventeenth century. TheSaukbecame allies with the British during the French andIndian wars(1689 - 1763).

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Similarly, you may ask, where did the Sauk tribe live?

The Fox and Sauks are original residents of theeasternwoodlands and prairie regions, particularly in MichiganandWisconsin. Today most Fox and Sauks live on reservationsinOklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa.

Secondly, what language did the Sauk tribe speak? Language: Mesquakie-Sauk is anAlgonquianlanguage spoken by about 800 Indians,mostly Fox, inthe American Midwest. The two dialects, Mesquakie(spoken by theMeskwaki, or Fox) and Sauk (spoken by theAsakiwaki, orSac), are mutually intelligible.

Then, what happened to the Fox tribe?

Fox Wars. The Meskwaki fought against theFrench,in what are called the Fox Wars, for more than threedecades(1701–1742) to preserve their homelands. On September9,1730, most of the Fox warriors were killed; many womenandchildren were taken captive into Indian slavery or killed bytheFrench allies.

What did the Meskwaki tribe live in?

Originally, the Meskwaki predominantlylivedin the Saint Lawrence River Valley in Ontario, Canada.Overtheir history in North America, they have dispersedthroughoutMichigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa.

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