Shakopee III
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Shakopee III was a Mdewakanton Dakota chief who was involved at the start of the Dakota War of 1862. Born Eatoka, which means "Another Language," he became known as Ṡaḳpedaƞ or Little Six after the de
Shakopee while imprisoned at Fort Snelling in 1865
Chief Little Crow
Little Six and Medicine Bottle at Fort Snelling, 1864
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
…Following the Dakota uprising in Minnesota, Little Six fled to Rupert's Land in present-day Manitoba, Canada. In January 1864, chiefs Little Six and Medicine Bottle were drugged, captured and transported across the U.S.–Canadian border to Pembina. There, they were arrested by Major Edwin A. C. Hatch and taken back…
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