Medicine Bottle also called Holy Light was Mdewakanton Dakota medicine man accused of taking part in the Dakota War of 1862. Medicine Bottle is one of the two other Dakota men including Shakopee III w
Shakopee III (left) and Medicine Bottle (right) at Fort Snelling in November, 1865
The village of Waḳáƞ Ożáƞżaƞ (Medicine Bottle) on the Mississippi River (at present-day Pine Bend).
Oil painting depicting Fort Ridgely in 1890.
Medicine Bottle at Fort Snelling c.1864-1865
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Big Eagle was the chief of a band of Mdewakanton Dakota in Minnesota. He played an important role as a military leader in the Dakota War of 1862. Big Eagle surrendered soon after the Battle of Wood La
Medicine Bottle (Mdewakanton)
…the Minnesota River Valley. Medicine Bottle was the nephew of Waḳáƞ Ożáƞżaƞ, a tribal elder of the Mdewakanton at Pine Bend, and the younger brother of Big Eagle who was later an instrumental leader during the 1862 uprising. Not much is known about Medicine Bottle's early life. Previous to being called Medicine…
Chief Big Eagle (1864)
Big Eagle (far left) went to Washington, DC in 1858 as part of the Mdewakanton & Wahpkute Dakota Treaty Delegation
Chief Big Eagle (1858)
Chief Wabasha (1858)