Tah-Col-O-Quoit, Sauk Indian Warrior, 1842. Poster

Tah-Col-O-Quoit, Sauk Indian Warrior, 1842 Portrait. Tah-Col-O-Quoit = Rising Cloud. The Sauk or Sac are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group, who lived primarily in the region of what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, when first encountered by the French in 1667. By the 19th century the Sauk had settled along the Mississippi River between what are now Rock Island, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo. In 1804 some of their minor chiefs ceded most of the tribal lands to the United States; Although the Sauk protested that this treaty was illegal, they were unable to prevent its enforcement. The resulting unrest led to the Black Hawk War (1832; see Black Hawk), after which the Sauk were forced to relinquish more territory. They moved to Iowa, then Kansas, and finally settled in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) at the end of the 19th century. (BRITANNICA).