Lower Sioux Agency
Lower Sioux vs Upper Sioux
Lower:
-Busy, schools, steamboats, houses, etc.
Upper:
-Quiet and less opportunistic
Andrew Myrick's comment on the Dakota's hunger.
"As far as I'm concerned, let them eat grass"
Answer has to be close
What led to the war?
4 Dakota men killed 5 European Americans over eggs.
What does exile mean?
Sent away from their home
Traverse de Sioux
Mendota
What body of water split the Dakota reservation?
MN river
Why was there tension between the traders and the Dakota?
Traders took record of their business deals. Dakota didn't and they didn't trust the traders to be honest.
Give numbers of people from each side and bystanders that were killed because of the war.
70 US Soldiers
75-100 Dakota
More than 500 Settlers
What were the main causes of death in Crow Creek?
Illness and hunger
What did the treaties fail to bring?
Annuities
What's an agency?
US. government field office
Who did the Dakota seek out for help after the annuities were late?
Why?
*Need both*
Traders
Kinship
What did the Farm Dakota do to help the European American prisoners?
Arranged release with the Traditional Dakota.
What's it's significance?
Largest mass execution in history.
What land remained after the Dakota singed the treaties in 1858?
Small strip of land about 10 miles wide bordering the MN River.
Who was the top government official at the time?
Thomas Galbraith
Why was there tension between Farm Dakota and Traditional Dakota?
Farm Dakota got "special treatment"- food, supplies, tools.
They also abandoned their culture.
What town AND fort did the Dakota try to attack unsuccessfully?
New Ulm
Fort Ridgley
What did the military need in order to approve of the executions?
President Lincoln's approval.
When did the war start and end.
Need: month, date, year.
Hint (include the day of the eggs)
August 17th 1862- September 23 1962
What was the main goal for missionaries?
Convert Dakota to Christianity
When did the credit system shut down and why?
Summer 1862
Shut down because the Dakota couldn't pay- annuities were late an they were too much in debt.
What end result caused the Dakota to lose the war?
Sibley sent 1,400 troops to the Dakota leading to the surrender of 2,000 Dakota.
1. Fort Snelling or Mankato (convicted men)
2. Iowa/ Camp McClellan
3. Crow Creek/now South Dakota
4. Santee/ Nebraska
Describe Farm and Traditional Dakota.
Need to describe both to get all the points.
Farm:
Livestock, farmed, cut hair, cloth clothes, lived in brick or wood houses.
Traditional:
Tipis, rituals/sacred beliefs, hunted, and gathered.