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Indian Outbreaks. DANIEL BUCK

Indian Outbreaks.

DANIEL BUCK

Other works by DANIEL BUCK

Publication: The Pioneer Press, 1904, Mankato

First edition. Cloth, 284 pp., 9 plates. A very scarce and important account of the Sioux Uprising in 1862. Giving extensive coverage of the Sioux Indian problems in Minnesota, the author recounts The Spirit Lake Massacre, Lake Shetek Massacre, the Indians Attack of New Ulm, The Battle of Redwood Ferry, The Battle of Ft. Ridgely, The Battle of Birch Coulee, The Battle of Wood Lake, and the role of such important participants as Chief Little Crow, Judge Flandrau, and General Henry Sibley. This work records much about the experiences of those captured by the Sioux, as well as the narratives of Justina Kreiger and Justina Boelter. These famous events culminated in the execution by hanging of 38 Sioux in Mankato in December, 1862. Upper fore-corner of FFEP missing. Modest rubbing. Wear to corners and base of spine, else Very Good. Recommended. .

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