Battle of Wood Lake
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The Battle of Wood Lake occurred on September 23, 1862, and was the final battle in the Dakota War of 1862. The two-hour battle, which actually took place at nearby Lone Tree Lake, was a decisive vict
Colonel Henry Sibley
Taoyateduta Little Crow
Wood Lake Battlefield
Boulder at Wood Lake Battlefield
Little Crow
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Little Crow III was a Wahpekute Dakota chief who led a faction of the Dakota in a five-week war against the United States in 1862.
Battle of Wood Lake
…Tree Lake, was a decisive victory for the U.S. forces led by Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley. With heavy casualties inflicted on the Dakota forces led by Chief Little Crow, the "hostile" Dakota warriors dispersed. Little Crow and 150 followers fled for the northern plains, while other Mdewakantons quietly joined the…
Thaóyate Dúta, known as Little Crow, portrait by Henry H. Cross
Lac qui Parle view from Fort Renville
Lac qui Parle Mission (reconstructed)
Kaposia village (c. 1846–1848)