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Definition of Sauk in English: Sauk(also Sac) nounPlural Sauks sɔːk 1A member of a North American people inhabiting parts of the central US, formerly in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, now in Oklahoma and Kansas. Example sentencesExamples - The conflict began in April 1832, encouraged by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader, when nearly 2,000 Sauks and Mesquakies crossed the Mississippi River, moving into Illinois.
- But it was in 1832, when the Sacs and Foxes became restive along the Upper Mississippi and General Scott was making the Army famous for its pacification measures, that the Cavalry really came to the front.
- Under Black Hawk, the Sacs and Foxes of Illinois briefly fought back in 1832 but were swiftly overpowered.
- Among the Sauk, shamans were thought to be capable of transforming themselves into bears and other animals to destroy their enemies.
- Renewed appreciation for the Sac began in 1991, when a coalition of three museums and an arboretum proposed turning an abandoned gravel quarry and other riverfront land into a 300-acre cultural center - Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
2mass noun The Algonquian language of the Sauk.
adjectivesɔːk Relating to the Sauk or their language. Example sentencesExamples - The Sauk chief was the subject of the well-known paintings of George Catlin and the portrait by John Wesly Jarvis.
- In the 1820s and 1830s, the Cherokee, Choctaw, Sac, Fox, Seminole, and Chickasaw nations, deprived of European allies, faced expulsion from the eastern half of the continent.
- The conflict began in April 1832, encouraged by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader, when nearly 2,000 Sauks and Mesquakies crossed the Mississippi River, moving into Illinois.
- Born in the village of Saukenuk at the confluence of the Rock and Mississippi Rivers in western Illinois, Black Hawk was respected within Sauk society for his bravery and his conservative views.
OriginFrom Canadian French Saki, from Ojibwa osākī. Definition of Sauk in US English: Sauk(also Sac) nounsôk 1A member of a North American people inhabiting parts of the central US, formerly in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, now in Oklahoma and Kansas. Example sentencesExamples - Among the Sauk, shamans were thought to be capable of transforming themselves into bears and other animals to destroy their enemies.
- Under Black Hawk, the Sacs and Foxes of Illinois briefly fought back in 1832 but were swiftly overpowered.
- The conflict began in April 1832, encouraged by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader, when nearly 2,000 Sauks and Mesquakies crossed the Mississippi River, moving into Illinois.
- But it was in 1832, when the Sacs and Foxes became restive along the Upper Mississippi and General Scott was making the Army famous for its pacification measures, that the Cavalry really came to the front.
- Renewed appreciation for the Sac began in 1991, when a coalition of three museums and an arboretum proposed turning an abandoned gravel quarry and other riverfront land into a 300-acre cultural center - Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
2The Algonquian language of the Sauk.
adjectivesôk Relating to the Sauk or their language. Example sentencesExamples - The conflict began in April 1832, encouraged by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader, when nearly 2,000 Sauks and Mesquakies crossed the Mississippi River, moving into Illinois.
- In the 1820s and 1830s, the Cherokee, Choctaw, Sac, Fox, Seminole, and Chickasaw nations, deprived of European allies, faced expulsion from the eastern half of the continent.
- Born in the village of Saukenuk at the confluence of the Rock and Mississippi Rivers in western Illinois, Black Hawk was respected within Sauk society for his bravery and his conservative views.
- The Sauk chief was the subject of the well-known paintings of George Catlin and the portrait by John Wesly Jarvis.
OriginFrom Canadian French Saki, from Ojibwa osākī. |