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Dakota dawn : the decisive first week of the Sioux uprising, August 17-24, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 9993-RefShelf-General

Table of Contents

Causes of the uprising -- Acton -- Redwood Agency -- Beaver Creek -- Middle Creek -- Redwood Ferry -- Milford -- Murders on the New Ulm Road and Cottonwood River -- Sacred Heart Creek -- Yellow Medicine Agency -- First battle of New Ulm -- First battle of Fort Ridgely -- Lake Shetek -- Kandiyohi County -- Second battle of Fort Ridgely -- Second battle of New Ulm -- Nicollet County -- Breckenridge and Jackson County.

Dates

  • Copyright: 2011

Creator

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Extent

1 Volumes : Hardcover; 442 pages; photos; illustrations; maps

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

In August of 1862, hundreds of Dakota warriors opened without warning a murderous rampage against settlers and soldiers in southern Minnesota. The vortex of the Dakota Uprising along the Minnesota River encompassed thousands of people in what was perhaps the greatest massacre of whites by Indians in American history ... Dakota Dawn focuses in great detail on the first week of the killing spree, a great paroxysm of destruction when the Dakota succeeded, albeit fleetingly, in driving out the white man.--Publisher description.

Source

Title
Dakota dawn : the decisive first week of the Sioux uprising, August 17-24, 1862
Date
2025-06
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Southwest Minnesota Historical Center Repository

Contact:
Southwest Minnesota State University
McFarland Library
1501 State Street
Marshall MN 56258