Note 6 — Chapter I

Reynolds, “My Own Times,” p. 320; Perkins and Peck, Annals of the West; Hist. Des Moines Co., Iowa. Brown’s Hist. of Illinois, p. 377: “Black Hawk compared with Philip of Pokanoket, Pontiac, Little Turtle or Tecumseh, was but an ordinary man–inferior vastly to either. That he was brave is probable. Mere bravery is but a common virtue in the savage. That he was politic beyond others can scarcely be pretended. He evinced no particular talents in any of his plans, nor did he exhibit extraordinary skill in their accomplishment.”