Leech Lake
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Leech Lake is a lake located in north central Minnesota, United States. It is southeast of Bemidji, located mainly within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and completely within the Chippewa National
Lake and Dam
Walker Bay and The Narrows, looking south from Oak Point
The larger east portion of Leech Lake, as seen from The Narrows
Shingobee Island in Walker bay
Battle of Sugar Point
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The Battle of Sugar Point, or the Battle of Leech Lake, was fought on October 5, 1898 between the 3rd U.S. Infantry and members of the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians in a failed attempt to apprehen
Leech Lake
…most all of Leech Lake. On October 5, 1898, Leech Lake was the location of a conflict between Ojibwe and Federal troops of the United States, the Battle of Sugar Point. A firefight broke out between the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe after one of the soldiers sent to retrieve a bootlegger…
Ojibways in a canoe on Leech Lake, 1896.
Left to right Capt T.J Sheehan; Bog-Ah-MA-Gesig; Major Wilkinson as it appeared in The St Paul Globe October 7, 1898
The St Paul Globe October 9, 1898 showing portraits of six of the killed and wounded U.S. Army casualties
Oscar Burkard