Walking Pike Island: Part 2: Dakota Internment Camp and Aftermath of U.S. - Dakota War

The mission of Elder Trekker is to encourage seniors to remain both physically and mentally active as they age. In this video, Elder Trekker visits Fort Snelling State Park to walk the trail around Pike Island. During this walk, Elder Trekker relates the story of Lieutenant Zebulon Pike and his expedition in 1805 and 1806 up the Mississippi River.
Fort Snelling State Park:
101 Snelling Lake Road
St. Paul, Minnesota
Elder Trekker is a non-commercial CZcams channel. It is not sponsored and does not contain any affiliate links. If you are interested in reading any of the resources listed below, check your local bookseller or library, or your favorite online bookseller.
Resources:
Mni Sota Makoce: the land of the Dakota. By Gwen Westerman and Bruce White
The Dakota War of 1862 by Kenneth Carley
The Dakota Indian Internment at Fort Snelling, 1862 - 1864 by Corinne L. Monjeau-Marz
Massacre in Minnesota by Gary Clayton Anderson
Dakota in Exile by Linda M. Clemmons
Through Dakota Eyes by Gary Clayton Anderson
Map Credits:
Trails maps created using Footpath Route Planner (iOS) by Half Mile Labs LLC.
Minnesota Rivers and Lakes, Maps of the USA, CC BY-SA 3.0
1862 Johnson Map of Minnesota and Dakota, Alvin Jewett Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1862 Colton Pocket Map of the United States (Civil War), J. H. Colton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Map of Minnesota 1856, J. H. Young, Publisher: Charles Desilver, Courtesy of Minneapolis Institute of Art
Newspaper Credit:
Newspaper images are from the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub at the Minnesota Historical Society. Articles were retrieved from the Saint Paul Daily Press (1862) and the Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (1862).

[@evivant]

Good stuff.

[@tomviolett5775]

Excellent video

[@mplsmark222]

One thing that puzzles me, Bdote is recognized as being at the east end of Pike Island, what is seen as the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. However, the Minnesota river channel straightening project in the early 1960’s greatly increased the size of the channel size on the southeast side of Pike island. The way I see it, before that project, the true confluence would have been at the west end of Pike island, right below the fort. Why isnt this the Bdote?
I’ve been a visitor to this park and the Historic Fort for the last 40 years. There are many books, videos and alike about the history of the area, but I’m interested in knowing more about the dismantling of the fort’s walls, building of Fort Road through the fort. Reconstruction of the fort as well as development of the state park.
Thanks for your videos.

[@spidermike1161]

Below the Fort is the original confluence.

[@brandonjohnson1869]

I am lower Sioux.

[@felixjohnson1963]

Do you know what the Dakota Name for Pike Island is?