U.S.-Dakota War - Internment

For six days beginning November 7, 1862, about 1,700 Dakota people-mostly women and children-who had surrendered but had not been sentenced to death or prison, were removed from the Lower Agency to an internment camp along the river below Fort Snelling.
The Dakota spent the winter at the internment camp. Estimates of deaths in the camp that winter range from 102 to 300, most due to outbreaks of measles and other diseases. In May 1863, the interned Dakota-along with about 2,000 Ho-Chunk who had had no part in the war-were loaded onto steamboats and moved to a camp at Crow Creek, in present-day South Dakota.

[@asiam994]

fort snelling my middle school took us there on a field trip, but they most definitley left these events out, i told my mom where we went and she got mad and told me of these events that happened to our people

[@reuterromain1054]

I will never understand how an intelligent and pensive man such as Little Crow could have agreed to such a horrible and ill-fated war.

[@gabbydietz3226]

my middle school went to fort snelling and fort snelling state park and it was perfect because my minnesota history day project is about this. so helpful!

[@MM-sp6fn]

We went there for a field trip
In elementary

[@holmgrown]

Very shameful past

[@jolenehendrickson8915]

I'm ashamed of my states past in this

[@d.h.wheeler5138]

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