Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948-
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The Dakota or Sioux in Minnesota as they were in 1834
Item
Identifier: 6130-RefShelf-General
Abstract
In the spring of 1834 Samuel W. Pond and his brother Gideon built a cabin near Cloud Man's village of the Dakotaa Indians on the shore of Lake Calhoun -- now part of Minneapolis, Minnesota -- intending to preach Christianity to the Indians. The brothers were to spend nearly 20 years learning the Dakota language and observing how the Indians lived. In the 1860s and 1870s, after the Dakota had fought a disastrous war with the whites who had taken their land, Samuel Pond recorded his...
Dates:
Copyright: 1986; Publication: 1908
Found in:
Southwest Minnesota Historical Center
Through Dakota eyes : narrative accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
Item
Identifier: 6278-RefShelf-General
Abstract
A collection of personal accounts chronicling the experiences of the Native Americans and soldiers who fought in the Minnesota Indian War of 1862.
Dates:
Copyright: 1988
Found in:
Southwest Minnesota Historical Center
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- Dakota Indians -- Biography. 1
- Dakota Indians -- Minnesota -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Dakota Indians -- Minnesota -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 1
- Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865 -- Personal narratives. 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- Minnesota -- Personal narratives. 1