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APPENDIX 2: ADDITIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE SIOUX WAR. (RELEASE OF THE WHITE CAPTIVES.
ARREST, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THE INDIANS, ETC. BY THOMAS HUGHES).
This is an account of the aftermath of the settlers'
clashes with the Native American peoples taken from:
"The History of the Welsh in
This account supplements another in the book which we have split into two
parts.
"The Sioux Massacre" (Part 1 0859e )
Back to "The Sioux Massacre" (Part 2 0873e )
NOTE: Comments
not in the original text are in brackets, in orange type
At the time of the
Battle of Wood Lake Wood Lake (Monday September 23rd 1862) mentioned on page 109,
the Indians had over 100 white women and children held as captives. Maddened by
their defeat the hostiles would have slaughtered all of these, had it not been
for the wise and heroic efforts of the Christian Indians: By judicious
management they secured possession of nearly all these captives and then,
through one of their principal men; Paul Mazakootamane, whose oratory, wisdom
and bravery made him a power in the Indian councils, they arranged to surrender
the captives and themselves and all other Indians who were opposed to the
outbreak, and had therefore taken but small part in it, to Gen. Sibley. In
accordance with the arangement those friendly Indians separated themselves from
the hostiles, and hoisting a white flag over their camp, they surrendered to
Gen. Sibley on the afternoon of September 26. These were 29 pure whites and
nearly 150 half-breeds released at this camp - called from this fact,
"Camp Release". The whites were mostly comely young women and girls,
whose lives had been spared only that they might minister to the lusts of the
savages. For six weeks they had been subject to every outrage and indignity,
which savage nature could conceive. Many had hardly any clothing, though the
Christian Indian women had given them all they could spare from their own
scanty wardrobe. Their pitiable condition and their joy at being released from their
fiendish tormentors made a most affecting scene. More captives were soon
brought in until by October 3, there were 107 whites and 162 half-breeds,
making 269 in all released. The horrible treatment these white prisoners had
received, and the terrible tortures and mutilations which had been inflicted on
men, women and children, had made the whites desperate and they thirsted for
vengeance and did not believe there was a good Indian in the country. Most of
those who had surrendered were suspected of having been implicated inthe
massacre. Gen. Sibley, therefore, caused 425 of those suspected to be arrested
and placed in chains, and a military court created at once to try them. This
court was composed of Col. Wm. Crooks, of the Sixth regiment, Col. Wm. R. Marshall,
of the Seventh regiment, Captains Grant and Bailey of the Sixth regiment, and
Lieut. Olin of the third regiment. Hon. Isaac V. D. Heard, an attorney from St.
Paul, acted as recorder for the court.
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The court began its labors at Camp Release on September 30, and after
convicting twenty-one adjourned until October 16, to allow the Indians time to
come in and surrender themselves. After disposing of 120 cases the camp and
commission moved to the Lower Agency on October 23. In all, 423 were arraigned
and tried, and of these 321 were convicted. Three hundred and three were
sentenced to be hung and the remaining eighteen to various terms of
imprisonment.
(Dakota Conflict Trials
Website: Contemporary sketches - the log courtroom -
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/CTROOM.jpg)
With the terrible prejudice then existing in the minds of our best men against
Indians and the summary haste of the trials (from twenty to forty-two being
disposed of in a day), there was little opportunity for an Indian to escape.
Our modern courts take as long to try one murderer as that court spent in
trying 425. O November 7, the military commission having finished its work,
those acquitted together with the squaws and papooses, were sent to Fort
Snelling, where they were kept all winter. The convicted ones were chained
together and loaded into wagons and carried to Camp Lincoln, which was located
in the present fair grounds in West Mankato. A number of our Welsh people
helped transport these convicted Indians. T. M. Pugh, with his fine team of
grey horses, led the van, and David J. Williams, David Price, Hugh R. Williams
and about half a dozen other Welshmen were in the procession. At New Ulm a mob
rushed upon the Indians with clubs and stones and in spite of the efforts of
the military to protect them, a number of the braves in Pugh's wagon were
injured. The German women, whose relations had been murdered by the savages,
were specially furious in this attack.
(Dakota Conflict Trials
Website: Contemporary sketches - Attack on the prisoners by New Ulm residents -
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/citizen.GIF)
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The train, which, between the Indians and the military, reached over a mile and
a half in length, passed through Cambria Sunday afternoon, November 9. The
settlers lined the road to see them pass, and Mrs. David Price was not the only
one who eased her mind by giving the dusky rascals a good lecture appropriately
emphasised by a vigorous shaking of the fist and head.
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It was Gen. Sibley's intention to execute at once the 303 sentenced to be hung,
but the religious sentiment of the east was so shocked by the hanging of so
many human beings at once, especially in view of the provocation they had for
the outbreak, that President Lincoln was induced to interfere and order that
none be executed until he had approved their sentence, and that all the
evidence upon which they had been convicted be sent to him, and though burdened
then with other work, Pres. Linclon carefully and conscientiously examined each
case personally and selected forty, whom the evidence tended to show had been
guilty of individual murder or outrage, and sentenced them to be hung. The
people of
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There was much talk at Mankato, New Ulm and other places of lynching and
companies of the citizens were formed once or twice for the purpose, but they
were restrained by the military. When we reflect that two out of the forty
selected by the president as the worst were proved to be wholly innocent and
how the others were converted in the great revival, which had even then started
in prison and nearly all became ture, noble, christian men, we must admit that
the judgement of the president and of the good people of the east, was best
after all. The fact is, as Dr. Riggs says, the most guilty fled with Little
Crow to the British possessions and their survivors are there to this day. With
few exceptions it was only the innocent and least guilty who voluntarily
surrendered to Gen. Sibley. Among those sentenced to be hung was Robert Hopkins
Chaskay, a young Indian thirty-two years old, an elder in Dr. Williamson's
church, whose wife, Sarah, was also a devoted Chrisitian. He had at the risk of
his own life, helped Dr. Williamson and his family and the other white people
at the Upper Agency to escape. He then out of curiosity had gone down to see
what the Indians were doing at
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On December 6, President Lincoln sent the names of the other thirty-nine doomed
men with the order fixing the date of their execution for December 19. It was
discovered that there was not sufficient rope at
(Dakota Conflict Trials
Website: Contemporary sketches - Jail Interior
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/JAILINT.jpg)
He had been convicted on the testimony of a German boy who had pointed him out
as the Indian who had killed his mother. An investigation soon proved beyond a
doubt that the boy was mistaken. Round Wind was miles away when his mother was
killed. To a stranger Indians are very much alike in appearance. Round Wind's
pardon was only received a few hours before the execution. The old man always
attributed his rescue to the direct intervention of
(Dakota Conflict Trials
Website: Contemporary sketches - Boy accuser at trial - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/accuser.GIF)
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On the approach of winter the Indians had been removed from Camp Lincoln to a
three story stone building, known as the Leach building, in Mankato. Its
capacity had been increased by the erection of a large log shanty beside it.
The doomed men were put into a room by themselves on Monday.
(Dakota Conflict Trials
Website: Contemporary sketches - Condemned prisoners in Mankato Prison - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/PRISON~1.jpg)
About three fourths selected, on the advice of the half-breed, Cambell, who was
a Catholic, Father Ravaux, of
(There is an
illustration of the scene in the book, facing page 299. Below appears the explanation:
"The execution of thirty-eight Sioux Indians at
(Dakota Conflict Trials
Website: Sketches of the Condemned on Execution Day JOSEPH GODFREY, RED LEAF,
WHITE DOG, MAKATANAJIN, HDAINYANKA, BAPTISTE CAMPBELL http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/CONDEM~1.jpg)
In half an hour they were cut down and buried in one large grave dug in the
sand on the river bank. Before the next morning most of the bodies had been
exhumed and carried off by medical men. The following Sunday Dr. Riggs preached
to the remaining prisoners out in the prison yard.
(The Website of KTCA-TV
advertises a video of a programme of interviews with
Quote from the website: "DAKOTA EXILE (1996) traces the paths of
Dakota prisoners and refugees. Through the words of Dakota Elders and tribal
historians, DAKOTA EXILE tells of the struggle to remain Dakota in the
face of government efforts to destroy their language and culture." http://www.ktca.org/dakota)
(The
Dakota (Sioux) Uprising - Streets of Old Mankato Website
http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/history/oldmankato/1852-1900/siouxuprising.html
"The execution took place in front of what is now the Minnesota
Valley Regional Library in Mankato. A monument has been raised in
memorial to the thirty-eight killed that day")
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Three hundred dusky warriors , heavily laden with chains, standing in that
court yard in the freshly fallen snow listening intently to the preacher's
words, is a picture worthy an artist's skill. Through the efforts of Robert
Hopkins and Peter Big Fire, another elder in Dr. Williamson's church, the
religious revival continued to grow until in February it culminated in a
regular Pentecostal time, and Dr. Williamson and Rev. Hicks, the Presbyterian
minister at Makato, baptised and received into the church nearly 300 of them in
one day. That their conversion was genuine, their after lives fully
demonstrated. The prison was transformed into a school room and books were in
great demand. Before spring most of these condemned men had learned to read and
write. The revival spread to the camp at
(Photo of 'Circular Cloud', a Dakota man imprisoned
at Fort Snelling, 1862; on the Website of KTCA-TV ("Dakota Exile"
(1996) page) http://www.ktca.org/dakota/stills.htm)
Dr. Williamson walked
through the snow almost every Sunday from his home in St. Peter to preach to
the
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In the spring of 1863 these prisoners were taken down the river in one boat to
"Jehovah, have mercy upon me
For thy own mercy sake
Thy loving kindness is very great
Therefore place me in the heart." Etc.
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They were confined in a military prison in Davenport until the spring of 1866,
when the survivors were sent to their new agency in a barren district of
Nebraska, where a small remnant still survive.
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In the spring of 1863 the Winnebagos were removed from their Reservation in
Blue Earth county to Dakota and thence to eastern Nebraska where they now
reside There were 1,856 of them and they were taken down the Minnesota in boats
- the last of them embarking May 18, 1863. In March, 1863, Congress made an
appropriation of $200,000 towards paying the losses sustained by the citizens
of
(Dakotas exiled in
Canada 'Little Crow's Savages' - Photo on the Website of KTCA-TV ("Dakota
Exile" (1996) page) http://www.ktca.org/dakota/stills.htm)
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During 1863 military posts were erected all over the frontier and
expeditions were sent after the hostile bands under Little Crow. In the fall of
1862 Dane's company was removed from
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South Bend and the east half of Judson formed Company E, Twentieth
regiment, Third brigade, First division, Minnesota State Militia, and the west
half of Judson and Butternut Valley were Company F of the same regiment. The
officers, commissioned
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In spite of every precaution, Indians in small squads would make frequent raids
into the settlements to steal horses, killing whoever they met, during 1863-4
and 5. When on one of these raids Little Crow was killed
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The chief and one of his sons had come down to the settlements with a horse
stealing party. They had become separated from the others and were picking
raspberries in a small clearing in the timber when Mr. Lampson and his son came
upon them. Mr. Lampson fired first and hit Little Crow in the shoulder.. Mr.
Lampson's son then fired and gave the chief his mortal wound. Little Crow's son
fled into the timber. Mr. Lampson ran towards
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next section - "Early reminiscences"
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OTHER LINKS TO PAGES IN THE "WALES-CATALONIA" WEBSITE:
1920e Geirfa Lakota (Dakota)-Cymraeg-Saesneg /
Lakota (Dakota)-Welsh-English vocabulary
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LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES:
LAKOTA-DAKOTA-NAKOTA
(1) http://www.lakotaoyate.com/welcome.html
Lakota Oyate
"To defend and preserve Lakota culture from
exploitation."
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(2) http://www.enter.net/~drutzler/intro.htm
Welcome to Spirit's Place
"So yeah, I am Native American. Lakota actually. I do "Indian
stuff", but I am a human being first and foremost. I created this set of
pages for many reasons. First, to help keep Native information easily available
for all... The Lakota Language Page will be updated monthly with a new
subject. This month's lesson: "Animals". Check it out for basic
grammar and phonetics. There is no charge for these lessons, no club to join or
anything else to "buy". This is for you, the curious, the seeking and
the informed"
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(3) http://207.254.63.58/language1.htm
Introduction to Lakota
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(4) Hau! Tima hiyu wo! 'Greetings! Come inside!' Hokahe, hel iyotaka.
'Welcome' to the Lodge of šung'manitu-Išna, ' Lone Wolf '. The intent of
these pages is to honor a proud and noble people, the Oglala Lakota, of
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(5) Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe's Homepage http://swcc.cc.sd.us/homepage.htm
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(6) Sota Iya Ye Yapi - http://www.earthskyweb.com/news.htm
- bringing news of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe / Dakota Nation and Lake
Traverse Reservation to the World Wide Web. Weekly, with updates when
appropriate during the week.
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(7) KILI Radio, the Voice of the Lakota Nation. http://www.lakotamall.com/kili/schedule.htm
KILI Radio (pronounced "KEE-lee") is
the largest Indian-owned and operated public radio station in
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(8) Lakota newspaper. EYAPAHA - allies of the Lakota. http://www.lakotamall.com/allies/Eyapaha/99F/
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(9) Links to Lakota-Dakota-Nakota (Sioux) Indians Sites http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/links12lakota.html
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(10) http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/Dakota_excerpts.html
In Their Own Words: Excerpts from Speeches & Letters Concerning the
Dakota Conflict
SPEECH OF HDAINYANKA IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING WAR
LETTER FROM GENERAL POPE DECLARING HIS GOAL OF EXTERMINATING SIOUX
LETTER FROM BISHOP WHIPPLE CONCERNING DEGREES OF GUILT
ADDRESS TO CONDEMNED PRISONERS BEFORE THEIR EXECUTIONS
STATEMENT OF TAZOO AT THE TIME OF HIS EXECUTION
LETTER OF HDAINYANKA WRITTEN SHORTLY BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
LETTER FROM REV. THOMAS WILLIAMSON TO REV. STEPHEN RIGGS
LETTER FROM COL. HENRY SIBLEY
LETTER FROM REV. STEPHEN RIGGS
LETTER FROM COL. HENRY SIBLEY TO HIS WIFE
GEORGE CROOK'S (WAKANAJAJA'S) ACCOUNT OF JOURNEY TO PRISON CAMP
CALL OF JACOB NIX, COMMANDANT OF NEW ULM, FOR DAKOTA BLOOD
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The above is a section form
(11) The Dakota Indian Conflict http://www.ic.mankato.mn.us/reg9/nul/tour/dakota.html
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(12) http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/sioux.html
"The Black Hills of Dakota are sacred to the Sioux Indians. In the
1868 treaty, signed at
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HO-CHUÑK
(9) The Ho-Chunk ('Winnebago') Nation http://www.ho-chunk.com/index.htm
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(10) (Ho-Chunk History - http://www.ho-chunk.com/culture_history_page.htm
For example, 1856 Winnebago mission founded at Blue Earth and is
attended by diocesan priest residing at Saints Peter & Paul Church in
Mankato).
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(11) Ho-Chunk newspaper http://www.ho-chunk.com/dept_newspaper_page.htm
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INDIAN COUNTRY
(1) http://indiancountry.com
Indian Country -
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(2) http://airos.org/grid.html Programme
Schedule for AIROS (American Indian Radio On Satellite)
"The AIROS network is a national distribution system for Native
programming to Tribal communities and to general audiences through Native
American and other public radio stations as well as the Internet. Alter*Native
Voices / California Indian Radio Project / Different Drums / Earthsongs /
National Native News / Native America Calling / Native Sounds-Native Voices
National / New Letters on Air / Voices from the Circle / Wellness Edition
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(3) Minnesota Indian Affairs Council http://www.indians.state.mn.us/stats.htm
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