Where's Wardo? Churchill ignores commemoration in Minnesota. Faux Indian leaders stuned.
Posted on 12/27/2005 9:07:46 AM PST by Rakkasan1
MANKATO, Minn. -- More than 20 American Indians rode into downtown Mankato on horseback while dozens more completed a relay run that began at Fort Snelling to commemorate the 144th anniversary of the largest mass execution in U.S. history. On Monday, the riders, who had set out from the Lower Sioux reservation near Morton four days earlier, formed a circle around four drummers on the site of the execution. Tribal leaders delivered a message of hope, The Free Press reported. "This is not about the chaos of a war,'' said Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, chairman of the Lower Sioux Community. "It's about who these men were before the war. It's about their honor, dignity, respect, courage and love of their families and their people.
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Lincoln wanted to set an example. He didn't want to contend with a Civil War and an Indian uprising simultaneously. It worked.
Dark times in Minnesota history (my home state despite now living in Texas), but note the absence of objectivity regarding why there was an execution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Uprising
"While a fight had broken out in Spirit Lake, Iowa in 1857, most histories trace the beginning of the conflict to the killing of five whites by four young Dakota men on August 17, 1862. The Dakota men had been hunting but ended up stealing food from the settlement of Acton in Meeker County. This event caused an uproar among the Santee Sioux living on the reservation, and some warriors convinced a reluctant Chief Little Crow to lead further attacks.
The next day on August 18, he led a group that attacked numerous white settlers at the Lower Sioux Agency. Trader Andrew Myrick was among the first that was killed. He was discovered trying to escape through a second-floor window. Days later, Myrick's body was found—with grass stuffed into his mouth. The stores were taken and several buildings at the site were torched, though this provided enough delay for many people to escape across the river at Redwood Ferry. An initial Minnesota militia force that was sent to suppress the uprising only resulted in a massacre of Minnesota troops in the Battle of Redwood Ferry. At least 44 deaths occurred that day.
Confident with their initial success, the Sioux would continue on their rampage attacking the white settlement of New Ulm on August 19. Dakota warriors decided not to attack the heavily-defended Fort Ridgely along the river, instead turning toward the town and killing many white settlers along the way. By the time New Ulm was attacked, residents had organized defenses in the town center and kept the Dakota at bay.
The military compound Fort Ridgely was later attacked on August 22 (See Battle of Fort Ridgely). White settlers sustained fairly heavy casualties in both cases. Farther north, the Sioux launched several attacks on Fort Abercrombie which were also repelled by the white defenders. There were also raids on farms and small settlements, plus attacks by settsers against the Indians. However, further counterattacks by Minnesota troops resulted in another massacre of white soldiers at Birch Coulee on September 2.
The Battle of Birch Coulee began when a large group of Dakota attacked a detachment of 150 U.S. soldiers at Birch Coulee, 16 miles from Fort Ridgely. The detachment had been sent out to find survivors, bury the dead, and report on the location of Dakota fighters. A three-hour firefight began with an early morning assault. Twenty soldiers were killed and 60 wounded. There are no accounts of Dakota casualties. A column of 240 soldiers from Fort Ridgely relieved the detachment at Birch Coulee that afternoon.
Due to the Civil War, repeated appeals for help were required before President Abraham Lincoln appointed General John Pope to assemble troops from the Third and Fourth Minnesota Regiments to quell the violence. Minnesota Governor Alexander Ramsey also instructed Colonel Henry Sibley (formerly the state's first governor) to aid in the effort. Although the expedition got off to a slow start, the Sioux were finally met and defeated at the Wood Lake on September 23, 1862.
The fighting lasted for six weeks. The final large-scale fighting took place in the Battle of Wood Lake. Most Dakota fighters surrendered at Camp Release on September 26. Records conclusively show that more than 150 soldiers and settlers died in the conflict, though many more may are believed to have died in small raids or after being captured. Estimates for U.S. losses range up to 800, though there is no accurate accounting of Dakota deaths."
On Dec. 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged simultaneously for their alleged roles in the Dakota Conflict, which left an estimated 500 settlers dead.
It would seem that the Indians beat the US by an order of magnitude for mass executions...
But at least the Indians have some legitimate grievances. A lot more than Jesse and the rest of "the Revs."
- How would you like it if the Mexican government set up a "fort" in Minnesota to protect Mexican "settlers"?-
Actually, it's called the Mexican Consulate.
Uh, the sad truth, they were hanged for participating in an uprising, against an invading enemy.
The Indians never fought the White man except, on their own soil, in their own country, only then did they resist the invader, the United States was that invader.
Lincoln sanctioned the ongoing genocide of nations, tribes and people, in short, men, women and children were robbed, starved and slaughtered, all under the auspices of the stars and stripes.
interesting stuff from MN history.there was also a mass execution in the basement of the "Landmark Center" in downtown St.Paul,although much smaller numbers.
The reason that Andrew Myrick's mouth was stuffed with grass is that that is all that the Indians had to eat. By this time the Buffalo were gone and so was most of their land. Next came their rifles and horses. Not much left but to steal food. Yes there were young hot heads and trouble makers but when your children have nothing to eat, what would you do? Plus I've always wondered what percentage of the 38 that were hung were actually guilty. They weren't exactly given a fair trial like Saddam the mass murderer.
There were plenty of settlers and tribes that learned to live together.
Not all settlers were an invading enemy.
I'm sure you dont mean that....
Are you part/all Indian?
The only thing about your post that I would comment on is the HEHEHEHE at the end. Are you for real?
Jamestown/Pilgrims to start
Do I really need to do a google search for you on settlers/Indians/living together?
Certainly, there were people that lived alongside Indians in peace.
Basic history, many of the colonists traded and learned from the Indians.
The point is to ask you to put into perspective your comment about settlers/White Men as invaders.
Where's Wardo? Churchill ignores commemoration in Minnesota. Faux Indian leaders stuned.
Surprised that an "Indian" thread doesn't have a "What are they complaining about? They have all those casinos" comment so far.....
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