SAULK PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN ARE PEOPLE OF THE YELLOW EARTH. THE NAME OF SAGANAW BAY SIGNIFIES THE COUNTRY. BEFORE THE SAUK BECAME KNOWN AS PART OF THIS INDEPENDENT GROUP, THEY FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE ALGONQUIAN PEOPLE. JESUIT RELATION IN 1640 UNDER THE HURON NAME. THEY ARE CALLED PEOPLE OF THE SUNSET!
THE FIRST PERSON TO DESCRIBE THE SAUK WAS FATHER ALLOUEZ IN 1667. HE SAID THEY WERE MORE SAVAGE THAN OTHER TRIBES HE MET AND THEY WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS. THIS FRENCHMAN EXPLORED MANY TRIBES IN WISCONSIN AND IN MICHIGAN AREA.
MANY OF THESE TRIBES IN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMELAND. BY 1670THREE TRIBES- CHIPPEWA, NORQUET, AND SAUK - NUMBERED 550 PEOPLE. IN 1770 THE CHIEF OF THE SAUK RECEIVED PRESENTS FROM THE SPANISH - 90 LODGES AND 300 WARRIORS. THEY HAD MANY PETTY ALLIANCES.
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