Sac and Fox

city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States

thumb|"Kee-shes-wa, A Fox Chief", from History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1836–1844, three volumes) thumb|Chief Wapello (chief)|Wapello; "Wa-pel-la the Prince, Musquakee Chief", from [[History of the Indian Tribes of North America]] The Meskwaki (sometimes spelled Mesquaki), also known by the European exonyms Fox Indians or the Fox, are a Native American people. They have been closely linked to the Sauk (Sac) people of the same language family. In the Fox language, the Meskwaki call themselves '''', which means "the Red-Earths", related to their creation story.

1832 conflict between the United States and Native Americans

North American ethnic group

Algonquian language spoken in US Midwest and northern Mexico

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War