Footnotes

[1]. Occasionally rendered in early life “Black Sparrow Hawk.”

[2]. His weight is commonly placed at 140 pounds.

[3]. This statement, written at the time, would seem to warrant the assertion by friends that Black Hawk’s old and disfigured “plug” hat was buried with him, instead of a military cap, as contended by a few claiming knowledge.

[4]. Much has been written of the perfection of Black Hawk’s head; so much that it may not be inappropriate to refer to an article to be found in the American Phrenological Journal for November, 1838, Vol. I, No. 2, page 51 et seq. On page 60: “We are much pleased with the following extract from the pen of the editor of the U.S. Literary Gazette, Philadelphia: ‘We found time yesterday to visit Black Hawk and the Indian chiefs at the Congress Hall Hotel. We went into their chamber, and found most of them sitting or lying on their beds. Black Hawk was sitting on a chair and apparently depressed in spirits. He is about sixty-five, of middling size, with a head that would excite the envy of a phrenologist–one of the finest that Heaven ever let fall on the shoulders of an Indian.’

1. Amativeness, large.20. Constructiveness, small.
2. Philoprogenitiveness, large.21. Ideality, moderate.
3. Adhesiveness, large.22. Imitation, small.
4. Inhabitiveness, large.23. Mirthfulness, full.
5. Concentrativeness, large.24. Individuality, very large.
6. Combativeness, very large.25. Form, very large.
7. Destructiveness, very large.26. Size, very large.
8. Alimentativeness, average.27. Weight, large.
9. Acquisitiveness, large.28. Color, large.
10. Secretiveness, very large.29. Order, large.
11. Cautiousness, full.30. Calculation, large.
12. Approbativeness, very large.31. Locality, very large.
13. Self-esteem, very large.32. Eventuality, very large.
14. Firmness, very large.33. Time, uncertain.
15. Conscientiousness, moderate.34. Tune, uncertain.
16. Hope, small.35. Language, large.
17. Marvelousness, large.36. Comparison, large.
18. Veneration, very large.37. Causality, average.
19. Benevolence, moderate.

Measurements from his bust:

Circumference of the head, around philoprogenitiveness, secretiveness and eventuality23inches
From ear to ear, over firmness14 6·8”
” ” veneration14 6·8”
From the meatus auditoris to firmness6½”
” ” veneration6⅓”
” ” benevolence6⅛”
” ” comparison6⅛”
” ” individuality5½”
” ” philoprogenitiveness5⅛”
” ” self-esteem6⅝”
From destructiveness to destructiveness6⅝”
From secretiveness to secretiveness6⅝”
From combativeness to combativeness5⅝”
From cautiousness to cautiousness5⅞”
From ideality to ideality5”

“These measurements are taken with callipers, from the bust of Black Hawk, which was taken in plaster of Paris from the living head and face, by the Messrs. Fowler, in 1837, at New York. As his head was mostly shaved, they are probably as perfect and accurate, by making allowance of about half an inch for integuments, as though measured directly on the skull itself.”