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John Wesley Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

by Laura F. Fry and Dr. Steven Zucker

John Wesley Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder, 1833, oil on canvas, 75.6 x 91.4 cm (Gilcrease Museum) Note: the Sac and Fox Nation changed the spelling of their name from the 19th-century Sauk.

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Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

Jarvis, Black Hawk and His Son Whirling Thunder

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