Viewing Dakota - U.S. War Category (5) found:"Resolutions of the Minnesota Legislature to Congress Requesting Relief to 'Sufferers' of the Dakota War."In early February 1863, the state legislature passed two Memorials to Congress asking that the victims of the Dakota War be considered equivalent to soldier-casualties of the Civil War, thus enabling them to receive pension benefits. In 1876 a similar Resolution was passed and in 1893 the Legi... 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... 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, ... 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... Douglas A. Hedin, "The Emergence of a Criminal Defendant's Right to Testify at Trial."Until 1868, a defendant in a criminal trial in Minnesota could not testify in his own defense. Like other states, Minnesota adhered to the common law rule that barred a criminal defendant from testifying because he had an "interest" in the outcome of the trial. The parallel common law prohibition ... |