People and Roles
This Indian agent oversaw annuities and government policy at the Upper and Lower Sioux Agencies in 1862
Thomas Galbraith
Under the treaties the U.S. promised these regular payments of money, food, and supplies to the Dakota; they were often late in 1862
Annuities (treaty annuities / annual payments).
On August 18, 1862 Dakota fighters attacked this site near the Minnesota River, striking first at traders' houses.
Lower Sioux Agency (attack began there)
After the war the U.S. government canceled these and forced many Dakota to leave Minnesota.
Treaties (the U.S. canceled all treaties with the Dakota in Minnesota).
This 14‑year‑old girl was captured during the war and later gave a detailed account of her captivity and rescue.
Mary Schwandt
Name the trader who reportedly said, "So far as I am concerned, if they are hung let them eat grass," and who was later found dead with grass in his mouth.
Andrew Myric
Traders cut off this economic arrangement in summer 1862, leaving many Dakota unable to obtain food before annuities arrived.
Credit (traders cut off credit / refused to extend credit)
This final battle on September 23, 1862 marked the decisive defeat of many Dakota forces
Battle of Wood Lake.
To which reservation (in present-day South Dakota) were more than 1,500 Dakota transported in 1863, described as a desolate place?
Crow Creek Reservation
Name the Dakota woman (also called Maggie Brass) who hid and protected Mary Schwandt during the fighting
Snana (Maggie Brass)
These Dakota adapted European-American farming, clothing, and church attendance; they sometimes received extra food and tools from the government.
Farm Dakota
In August 1862 an argument over what food item at Acton helped spark the wider outbreak of violence?
Eggs (argument over eggs at Acton)
Name the town that suffered major attacks and burning in August 1862 and is described as devastated in the reading.
New Ulm
About how many Dakota men were sentenced to death by Sibley’s military court, and how many executions did Lincoln approve?
303 sentenced; Lincoln approved execution of 39, 38 were hanged
This Dakota farmer, who had Minnesota citizenship, rescued 10 settlers and buried the dead during his escape to Fort Ridgely.
Lorenzo Lawrence (Towagiteton)
This Dakota leader agreed to lead the war despite warning his people that attacking whites could bring deadly retaliation.
Little Crow (Taoyateduta)
Two 1851 agreements that greatly reduced Dakota land are named for these two places (give the treaty names)
Traverse des Sioux and Mendota (1851 treaties)
Where were about 1,700 Dakota women, children, and elders held during the winter of 1862–1863 before exile?
Fort Snelling (internment camp on river banks below Fort Snelling)
Name two long-term effects on southern Minnesota communities after the war (examples from the reading).
Examples: towns destroyed or burned (New Ulm), 20,000 settlers fled, farms abandoned, long-term displacement and exile of Dakota, canceled treaties and loss of reservation land.
Which missionary expressed concern about the rushed military trials and wrote, "I dislike the way the trials were conducted"?
Stephen Riggs
Name two missionaries who founded churches near the Lower Sioux Agency and worked closely with some Dakota.
Samuel Hinman and John P. Williamson (also acceptable: Stephen Riggs mentioned elsewhere).
List three pressures or policies described in the readings that pushed Dakota to give up traditional ways of life (short list).
Treaty land losses (1851, 1858), pressure to assimilate (cut hair, clothing, Christian conversion), traders and missionaries influence, late annuities/food shortages, settlers moving in/land cessions.
What major public event happened in Mankato on December 26, 1862?
The mass execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato (Dec 26, 1862).
Describe one human story from the readings that illustrates compassion or rescue during the war (name the person and what they did).
Examples: Snana (Maggie Brass) hid and protected Mary Schwandt; Lorenzo Lawrence rescued settlers and buried the dead; Mary Schwandt’s captivity and survival account.
In 2002 Dakota people walked nearly this many miles from the Lower Sioux Interpretive Center to Fort Snelling to remember their ancestors.
About 150 miles