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Justice Loren W. Collins: "The Expedition Against the Sioux Indians in 1863, Under Gen. Henry H. Sibley" (1895).

From June through August 1863, the 7th Minnesota Regiment under the command of General Henry Sibley chased, battled and quelled armed bands of Sioux Indians. Captain Loren W. Collins kept a diary of that expedition. Over thirty years later, Collins, now serving as Associate Justice on the Minnesota...

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Justice Daniel Buck: "Indian Outbreaks." (1904).

Daniel Buck settled in Blue Earth County, Minnesota in 1857, and began practicing law. A politically ambitious Democrat, he was elected county attorney and state senator but failed to win election to statewide offices in 1859 (secretary of state) and 1888 (lieutenant governor). In November 1892, ...

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The Winnebago and Sioux-Dakota Removal Acts (1863).

Reacting to public pressure in the aftermath of the U. S. - Dakota War, Congress passed legislation in early 1863 authorizing the President to remove the defeated tribes from Minnesota, relocate them to new reservations suitable for agricultural purposes, and sell their former reservations to settle...

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