# The Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk — Character guide

> Key figures in The Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk.

- [Black Hawk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/black_hawk.md): Sauk war chief and narrator, leads resistance against U.S. expansion.
- [Keokuk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/keokuk.md): Sauk chief who advocates peace and cooperation with the U.S.
- [Gomo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/gomo.md): Sauk leader and ally of Black Hawk during the war.
- [Nanamakee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/nanamakee.md): Sauk chief and orator who supports Black Hawk's cause.
- [Neapope](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/neapope.md): Sauk warrior and prophet who encourages Black Hawk's resistance.
- [Matatah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/matatah.md): Sauk woman and relative of Black Hawk, captured during the war.
- [Quashquame](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/quashquame.md): Sauk chief who signed away tribal lands, criticized by Black Hawk.
- [Tama](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/tama.md): Sauk chief who remains neutral during the conflict.
- [Thunder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/thunder.md): Sauk warrior who fights alongside Black Hawk.
- [General Henry Atkinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/general_atkinson.md): U.S. Army commander leading forces against Black Hawk.
- [General Winfield Scott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/general_scott.md): U.S. general who arrives to negotiate peace after the war.
- [Colonel Dixon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/colonel_dixon.md): U.S. militia officer who fights at Stillman's Run.
- [Major Isaiah Stillman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/major_stillman.md): U.S. militia commander defeated by Black Hawk at Stillman's Run.
- [Colonel George Davenport](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/colonel_davenport.md): U.S. Army officer and trader at Fort Armstrong.
- [General Henry Dodge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/general_dodge.md): U.S. militia commander who pursues Black Hawk at Wisconsin Heights.
- [General Alexander Posey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/general_posey.md): U.S. militia general during the Black Hawk War.
- [Governor John Reynolds](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/governor_reynolds.md): Illinois governor who mobilizes militia against Black Hawk.
- [Colonel J. M. Strode](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/colonel_strode.md): U.S. officer at Fort Armstrong during the war.
- [Major John Dement](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/major_dement.md): U.S. officer who leads a battle against the Sauks at Kellogg's Grove.
- [Captain A. W. Snyder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/captain_snyder.md): U.S. militia captain during the Black Hawk War.
- [Captain James Stephenson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/captain_stephenson.md): U.S. officer who commands a company at Fort Dixon.
- [Colonel Taylor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/colonel_taylor.md): U.S. officer involved in the war's final engagements.
- [General Edmund Gaines](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/general_gaines.md): U.S. general who negotiates with Black Hawk before the war.
- [General Ewing](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/general_ewing.md): U.S. militia general during the conflict.
- [General Samuel Whitesides](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/general_whitesides.md): U.S. militia general who leads troops at Stillman's Run.
- [Colonel Fry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/colonel_fry.md): U.S. officer at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights.
- [Colonel William Berry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/colonel_berry.md): U.S. officer commanding a regiment in the war.
- [Captain James Craig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/captain_craig.md): U.S. militia captain who serves in the conflict.
- [Major P.](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/major_p.md): U.S. officer mentioned in dispatches during the war.
- [Elijah Kilbourn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/mr_kilbourn.md): Settler who provides a narrative of the Apple River Fort fight.
- [William Martin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/mr_martin.md): Settler and witness to events during the war.
- [Joseph Smart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/mr_smart.md): Settler who testifies about the conflict.
- [Mr. Gratiot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/mr_gratiot.md): Indian agent involved in treaty negotiations.
- [Gideon Munson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/gideon_munson.md): Settler who provides an account of the war.
- [Kellogg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/kellogg.md): Settler whose grove becomes a fort during the war.
- [Crooks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/crooks.md): Trader or settler mentioned in the narrative.
- [La Gutrie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/la_gutrie.md): French-Canadian trader who interacts with the Sauks.
- [Dr. A. K. Philleo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/dr_philleo.md): Physician who treats wounded after the war.
- [J. B. Patterson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_autobiography_of_ma_ka_tai_me_she_kia_kiak_o_se/characters/j_b_patterson.md): Editor and compiler of Black Hawk's autobiography.

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