Sauk people
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The Sauk or Sac are Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their historical territory was near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Today they have three tribes based in Iowa, Kansas,
Massika, a Sauk Indian, left, with Wakusasse (Meskwaki) at right. Aquatint of painting by Karl Bodmer, made at St. Louis in Spring 1833 when Massika pleaded for the release of war chief Black Hawk following the Black Hawk War
Sauk Indian family photographed by Frank Rinehart in 1899
Meskwaki
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The Meskwaki, also known by the European exonyms Fox Indians or the Fox, are a Native American people. They have been closely linked to the Sauk people of the same language family. In the Fox language
Sauk people
…Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. They are closely allied with the Meskwaki people. Their Sauk language is part of the Algonquian language family. The Sauk or Sac called themselves Thâkîwaki, translating as "people coming forth…
"Kee-shes-wa, A Fox Chief", from History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1836–1844, three volumes)
Chief Wapello; "Wa-pel-la the Prince, Musquakee Chief", from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1857 photograph of the "Mesquakie Indians responsible for the establishment of the Meskwaki Settlement" in Tama County, Iowa