1829 was a pivital year for the Meskwaki and Sauk. If you remember, that was the year that a number of the Meskwaki leaders were ambushed and killed by a party of Sioux, in retaliation of for the murders by the Meskwaki leader Morgan.
And 1829 saw the election of Andrew Jackson as president of the United States. 
Picture from Wikimedia Commons
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