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Keokuk, of the Sac and Fox tribe, was born in Illinois about 1780, of a half French mother. He rose by marked ability and force of
character to the rank of chief. His lodge became the center for social and political endeavors on the part of the Indians. He
debated in Washington with representatives of the Sioux and other tribes, before government officials, and distiguished himself for
dignity of manner and tenacity of purpose. Keokuk established claims to the territory which is now Iowa. He died in Kansas in 1848.
His remains were removed from Kansas and reinterred in the City Park of Keokuk, Iowa. The citizens raised a monument to him, and a
bronze bust of Keokuk stands in the capitol at Washington.
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