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On November 7, 1862, the remaining 1,658 Dakota non-combatants – primarily women, children, and elders, but also 250 men – began a 150-mile journey from the Lower Sioux Agency to Fort Snelling. [ 19 ] [ 43 ] : 319 They traveled in a wagon train that was four miles long, protected by only 300 soldiers under Lieutenant Colonel William ...
When the Dakota War of 1862 broke out, Wakefield fled with her children towards Fort Ridgely, [3] escorted by an agency clerk, George Gleason. [6] Chaska (We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee), a Dakota man, held Wakefield and her children with his family during the six-week battle. After the war, the three Wakefields were returned to Camp Release. During ...
The Battle of Fort Ridgely was an early battle in the Dakota War of 1862.As the closest U.S. military post to the Lower Sioux Agency, the lightly fortified Fort Ridgely quickly became both a destination for refugees and a target of Dakota warbands after the attack at the Lower Sioux Agency.
About 50 Euro-American settlers from perhaps a dozen families were living along the east shore of Lake Shetek in August 1862. [2] They were quite isolated, 40 miles (64 km) from the nearest settlement and even farther from any sizeable town; it was over 60 miles (97 km) east to New Ulm or 70 miles (110 km) southwest to Sioux Falls.
The Surrender at Camp Release was the final act in the Dakota War of 1862.After the Battle of Wood Lake, Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley had considered pursuing the retreating Sioux, but he realized he did not have the resources for a vigorous pursuit.
At 10 am on August 18, 1862, word of the attack at the Lower Sioux Agency reached Fort Ridgely.Captain John S. Marsh heard news of the killings from J.C. Dickinson, the agency boarding house manager, who had escaped with his family by ferry and had arrived at Fort Ridgely in a wagon. [1]
The novel is based on the true story of Sarah F. Wakefield, who was abducted by Mdewakanton warriors during the Sioux Uprising of 1862. Wakefield too was a writer. Wakefield too was a writer.
The Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency was the first organized attack led by Dakota leader Little Crow in Minnesota on August 18, 1862, and is considered the initial engagement of the Dakota War of 1862. It resulted in 13 settler deaths, with seven more killed while fleeing the agency for Fort Ridgely. [1]