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Keokuk   /kˈioʊkək/  /kˈioʊkʊk/   Listen
Keokuk

noun
1.
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848).





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"Keokuk" Quotes from Famous Books



... forts at Charleston, yesterday, two hours and a half. But few of our men were injured, and the forts sustained no damage of consequence. On the other hand, several of the iron-clads and monitors of the enemy were badly crippled; one of the latter, supposed to be the Keokuk, was sunk. Since then the bombardment has not been renewed. But no doubt the enemy will make other efforts to reduce a city which is the particular object of their vengeance. Every one is on the qui vive for further news from Charleston. Success there will make Beauregard the most popular ...
— A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital • John Beauchamp Jones
... distinguished senator, and her energy and decision of character were used with effect, and she was enabled to wring from General Halleck the permission previously refused to all applicants to remove the wounded to hospitals at Mound City, St. Louis, Keokuk, and elsewhere, where their chances of recovery were greatly improved. At Washington where she subsequently spent much of her time, she devoted her energies first to caring for the Iowa soldiers, but she soon came to feel ...
— Woman's Work in the Civil War - A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience • Linus Pierpont Brockett


Words linked to "Keokuk" :   sac, Indian chief, Indian chieftain, Sauk


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