"Black Hawk was married to a woman named Singing Bird (Asshewaqua). Together they had two daughters and three sons. Among Black Hawk's descendants was legendary athlete Jim Thorpe. Thorpe was Black Hawk's great-grandson."

One son was named (Joseph) Young Bird, who married Susie Walker (http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacobs_stevens&id=I7545). They had Anna Young Bird who married Arthur Mandan.

Another son was Whirling Thunder (Nasheaskuk). (http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smc&id=I9114)