Sauk Definition

sôk
sac, sacs, sauks
noun
A member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the area of modern Green Bay, Wisconsin, and later on reservations in Oklahoma and Kansas.
Webster's New World
The Algonquian language of this people.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
Sauk
Plural:
sauks

Origin of Sauk

  • North American French saki from Sauk asaakiiha

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sauk Sentence Examples

  • The following year Black Hawk, a Sauk leader, opened an unsuccessful war in northern Illinois and Wisconsin (the Black Hawk War); and by 1833 all Indians in Illinois had been removed from the state.

  • The highest points in the state are Tom Sauk Mountain (more than 1800 ft.), in Iron county and Cedar Gap Plateau (1683 ft.), in Wright county.

  • Among the many different tribes were the Sioux, Chippewa, Kickapoo, Menominee, Mascoutin, Potawatomi, Winnebago, and Sauk and Foxes.

  • He was a member of the Thunder gens of the Sauk tribe, and, though neither an hereditary nor an elected chief, was for some time the recognized war leader of the Sauk and Foxes.

  • Immediately after the acquisition of "Louisiana," the Federal government took steps for the removal of the Sauk and Foxes, who had always been a disturbing element among the north-western Indians, to the west bank of the Mississippi river.

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Words Starting With

SSASAU

Words Ending With

KUKAUK

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Sauk

Words Starting With S and Ending With K

Starts With S & Ends With KStarts With SA & Ends With KStarts With S & Ends With UK

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With S4 Letter Words Ending With K