Now with twice the music at twice the volume! Hopefully, the volume is settled at a suitable cacophony. The editing is still a work in progress. Let me know your valid criticisms for improvement in the comments. Enjoy!
It sounds like a Jackson,Andrew or Thomas J.,should have went through that Area,like they did down here,and they would have been sent on Vacation to (Indian territory)Oklahoma!!!
My great great grandmother Sarah Fadden was just a child when she was one of the 62 people led to safety by the Indian John Other Day. Her Father told Mr. Other Day that if they survived they would name their unborn son after him, which they did after safely arriving in North Dakota. My great great uncle was John Other Day Fadden. I could listen to these stories forever. Thank you.
My great grandfather”s family was wiped out in one of these battles… somehow the baby survived and was adopted by a family… So that is why I’m alive today
@@doorusthewalrus6903 ...Maybe you should do a little more research before you make a bogus video that is not even close to the truth. The Massacres that happened in Minnesota in 1862, including the one in New Ulm, were instigated by Confederate War General Albert Pike in order to kill as many protestants as possible why many of their men were off to war. It had nothing to do with broken treaties or what some of the towns people may have said. I'm a ditz on the computer, but if you care to learn a little truth on the mater there is a video on TH-cam called....The Hidden Hands Behind Albert Pikes Klu Klux Klan and Scottish Rite Freemasonry...By Adam 1984. It's only 13;15, but it will give you the truth and change a lot of what you now believe.
One of my great, great grandfathers was in Company B of the Fifth Minnesota. He was at Fort Ridgely for the whole duration of the battle. He survived some terrible battles in the south after leaving Minnesota. The siege at Vicksburg, the Battle of Nashville, etc. He returned to Minnesota after the war and passed away in 1913. His name, William H. H. Chase is on the monument erected at Ft. Ridgely. Thank you for this video.
I have no idea why this came up on my feed but I just completed watching the entire program. I very much enjoyed it and thank you sincerely for producing it. so for the many who don't take the time to thank you, I thank you again! Wow, what a story. I'm creeping up on 70 and knew nothing of this history. I now live in Minnesota and therefore it held special significance. I also subscribed. 😁🙏🙏
It was covered in the mini-series Centennial, the character Col Skimerhorn was motivated to kill Tribes because his family was murdered by the Sioux in MN.
@@fordwk Skimerhorn was based on a real person, Colonel John M. Chivington, who commanded US Volunteers at the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado, which resulted in the murder of an estimated 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women, and children. It should be noted that Volunteers were not regular US Army soldiers, but militia troops called to active service during the War Between the States. Also, not every soldier under his command obeyed Chivington's senseless order to attack defenseless women and children. Captain Silas Soule not only defied him, but even testified against him later at a court of inquiry, despite murder threats. In the end Chivington was forced to resign his commission and Colorado's territorial governor was dismissed. Two months after his testimony Soule was ambushed and killed by two assassins. He wounded the man who shot him, Charles Squier, but Squier later escaped federal custody when his own captor was presumed murdered in a staged drug overdose. Squier eventually fled to Central America where he met a most ignoble end, having both of his legs crushed in a railroad accident, which led to gangrene and his death in 1869.
@@shawnmichaelduncan5951 Indeed. Colonel Sibley ordered over 300 to be hanged. It was the direct intervention by President Abraham Lincoln that kept the number so low. Despite this, at least one of the Sioux pardoned by Lincoln was hung anyway.
Hollywood has repeatedly retold the story of Custer's Last Stand, but this is a far greater tragedy for all involved, yet largely ignored and forgotten. This is a brutally honest and riveting presentation. Well done, sir. The music and sound effects were spot-on. What were those melodies?
I read somewhere that the Battle of the Little Bighorn has more books written about it than any other battle in history. It's also the battle we know the least about. Not sure if it's true, but I believe it. It's done to death. Plenty of interesting conflicts nobody talks about. The music (in order): -Channel theme is tune from Ry Cooder. I think Paris, TX is the name. -1:08 Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland -3:59 Lakota National Anthem -5:39 Sioux War Chant -12:39 Johnny Comes Marching Home Again -12:49 Hell on the Wabash The rest is a repeat of these motifs.
Oh this stuff has been covered in film and TV too. It was very fashionable to show soldier raids after 1970 on TV. Films did it more after 1960, Winchester 76, etc..
This is one of the best historical retellings of Indian battles that I have ever heard the narration is great the writing is crisp and it is pretty well balanced All Things Considered. well done!
This narrative is White washed history. I suggest reaching out to the native account to provide balance and perspective. Little Crow argued against this war until the very end.
This randomly appeared on my feed although im a big history buff and especially first person narratives but hadnt watched any in quite a while however as i immediatly subscribed even before hearing it and i appreciate this great piece of history and hope for more.
What a story! I'd heard of the Sioux uprising in Minnesota in 1862, but only in passing. This is an absolutely fascinating part of frontier history. It's a shame it's not more well known. I'm speculating, but think it was probably overshadowed because the Civil War was raging in the East at the time. This happened at almost the exact time as the battle of Antietam (17 Sep 1862), the deadliest one day battle in American history. Thanks so much for sharing this essential part of Minnesota and American history.
My ancestor, Alexander Faribault, was friends and hunting partners with both Little Crow and Sibley. He joined the 5th Minnesota as a volunteer guide, and was one of those that fought at Birch Coolee. He was a very wealthy man before the war, but lost everything afterwards for being of "mixed blood" and protecting Sioux indians that had been relocated to his land. It was a tragedy for EVERYONE involved! Truly horrible!
"The treaties of 1851 had promised the Dakota lump sum payments in exchange for land, but eleven years later the Dakota had still not received the funds....Most of the money was given directly to creditors contrary to treaty terms and to federal law.” Carol Chomsky, “U.S.-Dakota War Trials”, Stanford Law Review, November 1990
@@apostlekelley3618 Faribault's wealth was hit hard by the "economic panic of 1857." He also had several businesses that failed, resulting in further loss of income. With a negative cash flow, he ended up asking the government to remove the Indians from his land, as he could no longer afford their care. He ended up selling his property and living with family.
I grew up 6 miles north of Fort Ridgely. My ancestors settled that area and were involved protecting the farms and settlers in and around Fort Ridgely. Their names are on a monument there to this day. Thank you so much for covering these battles. Your narrative sounds accurate to what I have been told all my life.
I really appreciated this. I recently have discovered a published diary of one of my ancestors, a Nathan Addison Baker, and I plan to narrate it soon. You've done a great job here! I really liked it.
When you narrate that diary I hope you tell the other side. The Native American side of the story. It is sad that it happened but it would have all been avoided if they would have left their land alone try not to push them off their land and rape their women and taken all their food . In memory of all the tribes that were involved in my ancestry and DNA, Powhatan, Cherokee, lenape and and my husband's great-grandfather Fox tribe. Thank you, Maureen Ramage
Outstanding presentation keep up the good work. As a history scholar I commend you on your research and giving both sides of the Indian wars. Graphics n pictures are great ,a lot of research has gone into all of your work. Keep it up!
As a teenager I was quite interested in tales of the American frontier. At one point I remember reading a book of short histories of the Indian Wars. One story in particular I wish I'd never read was about an American Army officer who was captured sometime in the early 1800's by an Iroquois war party. His own small band of soldiers had been killed during an ambush and he was the only survivor. The story was related by a French trapper who was friendly to the Iroquois in that area, but had no love for the Americans or British. Long story short, the Iroquois braves decided to burn the American alive. When the trapper told the officer that his fate was to be burned, he stated that he "would attempt to bear it bravely", but the trapper told him that it would be nowhere near a quick death, as the Iroquois truly enjoyed the spectacle of burning their captives slowly on a bed of coals where they would tie a man's hands behind his back and then rope him by his neck to a pole, but leave his feet and legs free. Then they'd watch him dance as he'd slowly roast to death over coals with just enough rope to allow him to put part of his body out of the intense heat, but not all of it. This led to a man "favoring" various parts of his body as the rest of him roasted in various places until the thousands of twists and turns to obtain some relief had finally caused every part of the man's surface to become charred, with the exception of his face and head; at which point the Iroquois would shove him to the ground and heap hot coals on his head to finish the deed. The "fun" was to see how long they could keep a man alive during this ordeal. The trapper related that it took this particular officer a day and a half to finally expire. I still have trouble grasping this level of evil and the knowledge that the native peoples of the Americas had been dealing out this sort of treatment to their rivals long before Europeans appeared on the scene has since destroyed any naive ideas of the "Noble Indigenous Peoples" B.S. you might hear from supremely ignorant people in our modern era.
Definitely!!!! They sure as hell don't teach us this in school or the fact that Indians often sacrificed people to ther gods and some of them even practiced cannabilsm. The Indian world was freaking vicious and for the most part needed replaced.
@@patrickmulroney9452 STFU you brainwashed,snow flake liberal! No one gives a fck what you think as your being bred out, ran over and rapped by your own masters you vote in to office and they take from you! Your obsolete and in the way of the left but they use fools like you to step on you people who are to ignorant to look at the facts and the truth. I'm HALF INDIAN AND 1/4 JEWISH. I'm associated with the Muskogee creek tribe of Oklahoma BUT I CAN STILL SEE ,READ ABOUT AND SPEAK FACTS YOU FREAKING ZOMBIE.
@@patrickmulroney9452 THE INDIAN WORLD WHILE STILL IN THE STONE AGE WAS ABSOLUTELY VIOLENT AND VICIOUS! INDIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS SLAUGHTERED THEMSELVES RIGHT UP TO THE END! NOT ONLY WAS HUMAN SACRIFICE COMMON EVEN CANNABILSM WAS MORE WIDE SPREAD THAN IT WAS THOUGHT. GO DOWN INTO THE AMAZON SOY BOY AND VISIT WITH THE TRIBES DEEP IT IN IT.AND SEE IF YOU DONT GET SOMETHING STUCK IN YOUR (A..). NORTH AMERICA WAS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT IN THE 1600s !!!!! GET OVER IT.
@@patrickmulroney9452 Then LOOK at what the Spanish found in south America!!! While I do not like the gold digging Spanish and am glad they where crushed by england I do understand the horrors they found in south America. CAN YOU IMAGINE WALKING INTO A STONE WORLD WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING TORTURED ,HAVING HEARTS RIPPED OUT , BEHEADED AND SACRIFICED FOR EVIL GODS AS THIER BODIES ROLE DOWN THE STEPS. PILES OF DEAD BODYS. A WORLD OF SLAVERY AND MURDER! CHILDREN BEING KILLED WITH THEIR DEAD MASTERS. BURIED ALIVE OR LEFT TO FREEZE TO.DEATH IN THE MOUNTAINS! I'm glad the Spanish destroyed this world. GOD used the Spanish to clean them ,out so a new Christian world could bring lightness around the world and the modern world could come in to existence.
Same reason you don't hear of numerous white people that were shielded and saved by Sioux missionary indians. In appreciation, US Govt deeded land to the Sioux missionaries but lost their land to another band not entitled to the deeded land. Casino money and high.paid lawyers is keeping this lawsuit in limbo. Case is called WolfChild VS US Govt. Case 12-5035
Because it's goes against the narrative they want to teach you (your ancestors were evil, so its your Job to babysit brown ppl and let them replace you).
Because it would be a stark reminder showing what happens when people steal land that doesn’t belong to them. I see a lot of similarities between this event, Nat Turner’s uprising, and even Oct 7, 2023. This is what happens when you take and take for centuries from a people who were there long before you were, when you push a people beyond their means and their sanity
I’m thankful the algorithm decided to recommend me this video, this is quite a vivid and horrifying retelling of this grim piece of history, thank you for covering these stories.
Not enough is said here about The part the Chippawa played in Fighting their Ancient Enemy the Sioux and driving them out of Minnesota , The Chippawa are still in Minn and Wisconsin , The Sioux are gone to Canada and the Dakotas
To clarify - Chippewa is the white's mangling of the name 'Ojibwe". and they considered joining in the fight against US Govt, and wisely declined. I'm pretty sure had they joined in thet would have gone aftefr Govt. agencies and propert, and WOULD NOT have slaughterd 400 + unarmed settlers. It would still have gone badly for them, however.
My family survived that. They were friends with the Indians. The day before my family was told to stay home and was not hurt. My family was hated until we left the farm in the 1930s. We still owned the farm till 2014.
My 4th Great-Grandfather Francois LaBatte (LaBathe) was Native American and killed at the Lower Sioux Agency 0n 8/18/1862. He was a trader and his son-in-law Vanoss Robinette (also Native American) was taken hostage along with his family.
Is that Minnesota State History or general history living elsewhere? I grew up in south Alabama, pretty far from MN, and I knew about the Minnesota Indian war in 62, the Chivington persecution raid and the great Mankato hanging during Lincoln's 1st term. We learned of the Fort Mims massacre by the redstick Creeks on river settlers forted up in 1813 and the following defeat a year later at Horseshoe Bend. They followed that in 11th grade US history with listing the major battles and raids in all of the US territories from 1780 to 1890. Kids back then 70s, were more interested I guess. These raids and the two big wars after 1861 were mentioned in the Little House series of books.
Graduated from a Minnesota high school in 2003, and this was not talked about. Minnesota history wasn’t discussed after 5th grade, and the history up to that point was just very local stuff like fort snelling, and how St. Paul, the state capital, was nearly named pigs eye. Pigs eye lived under the bridge and beat the shit out of everyone, like bill the butcher. Why was anything Indian wars or anything Indian not discussed? I don’t know, can only speculate
You got my sub. This content is phenomenal. Thank you for replying to my inquiry about the music. And doing so promptly. I've been loading up your videos in my que. The sound track to this video has a very 1960's or 70's cowboys and indians movie, feel to it. Idk if that's what you were going for. But I love it man! Great stuff. Looking forward to binging more as I mow and while I'm at work.
I'm nearly 70 years old and this is the first time I've heard of this battle! I wonder why they didn't teach it in school. Thank you 💛 for covering it so well. I subbed. 🐺
Long ago the school system was taken over by the anti-American left. They don't teach accurate American history unless it meets their anti-American agenda.
I think it's important to acknowledge the tactical sophistication of the indigenous forces, which are highlighted in this video. Even recent history books and podcasts (how most of us consume history these days) seem to harbor the long held opinion that indigenous Americans weren't capable of sophisticated battlefield tactics. I think it's great that this channel highlights the truth.
@@Codeman22 he is.. it's not hard to wait and hide behind tress and riverbeds and conduct a surprise attack/ambush on an unsuspecting regime stuck on "civilized" warfare. This is always the nature of a fighting force when another group is coming into their territory -ie wait and spring a trap
@@muddyhotdog4103 . yeah..only there are tactics the U.S. began to teach at west point..or any other military branch..in the case with Little Crow and the Santee..decoy operations were especially studied.
The life native Americans, like nearly all peoples whos' lives were marked by almost continuous warfare between themselves and with other tribes who all either got really good at it or disappeared from history. It stands to reason that those tribes that thrived were able to defend their camps and successfully defeat other tribes for land, slaves and prosperity; there were no prize for second place. Children endlessly listened to warriors recount battles (and tactics) and played war until they could join their elders at the real thing. Anyone who does not understand and appreciate the war expertice of surviving tribes like the Souix while Europeans were still slapping each other with satin gloves and following Marquis of Queensbury rules in combat is missing the point here. Thousands of British and their professional Hessian fighters were stunned and beaten bloody by settlers who simply adopted the tactics of the Eastern tribes. Washington did NOT cross an ice-choked river at midnight to attack early on Christmas morning using tactics learned in the British war college he and some of his commanders attended before the Revolution. The surrendering Brits were mortified at the savage termidity and lack of social graces of the attack under those unfair and ghastly tactics the Americans learned from the indians.
I lived on Lake Shetek, well, actually a smaller lake named Bloody Lake, from 1995 -1999. Where the rebellion started was no more than 1 mile from my house. It is a lovely area, but the video offers confusing pictures and paintings in regards to what the terrain looked like. Honestly, Minnesota starts to get a bit more hilly and tree covered around Mankato. A large part of the rebellion was on the Minnesota Prairie. Regardless, as a student one of the best history teachers I ever had took my class out numerous times to learn the history of the rebellion. Truly fascinating.
@@mikequinlivan8842 Yes, it actually started on the Lower Sioux Reservation near Morton. However, there was an Indian attack several days later at Lake Shetek.
What rebellion?,these people were fighting for what they saw as their land same as the Union was fighting the confederacy,I’m sorry but Sherman said it himself “War is hell”
I grew and live in the new ulm area. I remember reading about it school and went on school trips to learn more history. And as an adult now and still find artifacts in the spring and we recently found and grinding Boulder and stones on our farm
I first learned about little crow from the movie bury my heart at wounded knee. This is first extensive documentary I seen abot him. I wish to know more about him. Thanks for the video.
A timeless strategy for kids throughout the years! The boogyman can't harm you under the covers. Jocularity aside, that must have been terrifying for him. Thank God it was a Sunday!
Indian attacks were rampant in both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War as both sides were preoccupied fighting each other and couldn't spare troops to guard the frontier.
I was lucky enough to be taught by my dad and he taught global history with no bias and iam forever grateful for his instruction as I believe it gives me a better grasp of the world today and yesterday. Im sitting by a river in rural North Devon enjoying this awesome video 🇬🇧😎
G'Day, well done Sir most Interesting and Informative, good to see you looked at both sides, Going to Binge Watch the rest of your work, thank you for what you have done !👍
My paternal grandmother's parents were at the Battle of New Ulm, where they helped with the defense of the town. This I learned from my dad, a very long time ago. My dad died in 2003, and I'm 67 years old.
as the last survivor (now turned 70) of one side of my family, I am dredging thru bales of photographs of dead people that I am the last one who even knows who they were. In particular, an uncle-in-law was on the Enterprise in the Pacific in WW2. His DD214 records 2 Silver Stars and a few others. Ask them before they die, my friends!
@@Dragonshmm265 I'm in California, and I live on the San Francisco Peninsula. My dad was a WWII Veteran; my mom was an Armenian-American raised on a Fresno farm; they were CAL students, and married in Berkeley.
@Doorus the Walrus - A fascinating glimpse into the unknown (for us Europeans) story of the Indian Wars and uprisings at a critical time in US history. This is an excellent production, clearly presented, in a balanced manner, with good pictorial and audio support. I thoroughly enjoyed this and heartily recommend watching it.
The rest of the remaining 6,000 plus Dakota were driven out of Minnesota by Sibley's troops and the incentive of a general 1863 state legislative scalp bounty for their death - the starting price was $25 per Dakota scalp, then $75. By the fall of 1863 the state bounty was $200 per scalp, “but by then most Dakotas had vanished from Minnesota.” Professor Mary Lethert Wingerd, North Country: The Making of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press, 2010), p. 330.
“The Sioux were still a hunting society in the early nineteenth century. All evidence considered, it seems likely that 50 percent of those living in 1650 were children. This would boost the total Sioux population in the Mississippi watershed to about 38,000 at white contact....Theoretically, at least, epidemics do much to explain the general decline in Sioux populations from 38,000 at white contact to 25,000 in 1805,....” Gary Clayton Anderson, Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862 (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1997), p. 19 and p. 22.
@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 tribes like the Mandan where completely wiped out like island Indians of Jamaica and the Caribbean islands. All that's left of them is 3 words. Canoe , hammock and another words I've forgotten.
@@dylonmc4323 yes and if you read the blog "arctic - news" blogspot it's well-documented that the near term future of all humans is now directly threatened. It's amazing what people don't know about if they don't look into it - rather people are very passive about their education. hahaha.
Mandan are still alive today. The colonizers tried to exterminate us indigenous. They are called now The Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Mandan, hidatsa and arikara tribes make up the three affiliated tribes. I’m Lakota by the way. And we don’t call ourselves Sioux. For ex he said santee Sioux. It’s called the santee Dakota Sioux is what the Europeans called us.
My mother's family was spared when a Lakota they had fed warned them of the pending attack. They were able to escape but their farm was burned to the ground.
Great documentary..... I became interested when a girlfriend and I visited Ft. Ridgeway a few years ago... Got the connection with the Mankato hangings, and touched up on the topic... Interesting time in Minnesota history with the Civil war and the problems with treaty provisions....
Telling it like it was is good history. Not enough was told in this story about why the Sioux rose up. What a shame that Black American history, again, events that happened, is being censored by states that don't want to acknowledge massacres of black citizens. I'm sure this uprising and massacre would be readily taught in these states because they were white. If all these victims were black , and were killed by white men, this historical event would never see the light of day in states run by Republicans,
Family lore says my great [great?] grandfather was a Federal Soldier and was killed in a Souix massacre before the Civil War. Whether it was at Ft Snelling, or if he was a sergeant, and Cavalryman, are murky details. His widow and sons resettled in Rock Island, Illimois. The eldest sons worked at the Arsenal there during the Civil War. As a young man, my paternal grandfather moved to Chicago and became a telegrapher, before studying medicine. He was drafted into the US Army Medical Corps during the Great War and was with the AEF and subsequent occupation of Germany -- 1918-19. He went deaf from the shelling.
Greetings, My G x 4 grandmother lost her husband, brother and sister-in-law when Inkapuda led an attack (aka Inkpatha in our family history). She hid with 4 children, all under age 8 in the root cellar. They watched the attack and massacre through the floor board cracks. A family bible still exists with an indian's bloody footprint inside it's cover. Grandma hid for hours and then shoved her way past furniture and a rug to find her adult loved one butchered but her infant nephew blood-covered but uninjured. With 4 small children of her own plus the tiny orphan, she hid in the corn field for 3 days, existing on raw corn and the dew that formed on the leaves of the corn stalks-to frightened to return to her cabin or the river due to passing bands of raiding indians who traveled along the river banks. They were rescued by troops of Sibley's cavalry along with a 10 year old orphan she discovered and collected while in the cornfield. Grandma Bryttva Mestad, her 4 children and the two orphan boys returned to Winnishiek County, Iowa (Highlandville).
Inkpaduta was my grandfather. Did you know why the Wahpekute' were pushed to do those things? I'm not saying it was right what they did but they were on someone's home already. They shouldn't have been there. Settlers were killing his family and his people with no regard. He went to Fort Dodge to try to reconcile but nothing happened. His family was again killed.
@@kendelldecoteau8438 First of all, how wonderful to me you, even via FB and certainly over the circumstances. Yes, in fact, I have been aware of most of the reason that drove the Conflict as I chose NOT to accept the easy assumption that the indians just decided to go to war with those settlers. Could we exchange email addresses, etc., as I would love to settle and exchange info, oral family recollections and more? I would be honored to be part of a greater understanding of the events leading up to the war, both for my family members and possibly yours. My understanding was that rations and a payment were due to the tribe that were not accomplished and that the brother of the man who settled my city, La Crosse, WI refused to furnish food and other necessities, breaking the treaty and causing people to face starvation and disease in the coming winter. This latest act was merely the latest slight/insult/ breaking of treaty guarantees by the BIA and government representitives after your nation ceded wnership and occupancy of a great swath of ancestral land, agreed to live in a limited area and under government control PLUS turn in all firearms making hunting for subsistance almost impossible. All that plus unknown daily slights and insults inescapeably drove your ancestors to violently retaliate against villages and settlers who were understandably viewed as antagonists too. My grandmother was told that our ancestors traded with, had almost daily contact with families and tribal members and had developed relationships and had the ability to discuss trades and other interactions with tribal members. When my grandma first told me the story her great grandmother, a 10 year old girl at the time of the attack at their cabin we were in the barn hand milking the half dozen cows grandma still owned about 60 years ago. After I had posed every question my teen-aged mind could think of I returned to talk with her about the family legacy but also what I learned about the indians' plight up to the attacks. My grandma was shocked to hear about the bands' treatment and were facing starvation and recall that she finally able to better understand the attacks. As a mother who suffered gringing poverty even before the Depression that just got worse for her family as the Government enforced programs most often hurt as many families as it tried to helped, I am sure she instantly understood and identified with at least some of the your ancestors' anger, fear and desperation and most certainly the fear of watching your children sufferand die on the whim of a politician. I hope you will consider email contact with me. We share a common set of events but few if any of the direct and indirect results; I hope we might enlighten and inform family and others of the fuller picture of those times. Would you agree that as people who gather our families' own history and insure our descendants hear the best version we are able to give, that we owe both ancestors and descendants a chance for a fuller, truer account? I look forward to your response!
That'd be fascinating. Sadly, I know precious little about Indian inter-tribal wars. A good channel for this is 'History at The OK Corral.' He's absolutely fantastic for inter-tribal history!
I lived in St. Croix Falls. There is a small monument to the battle in the park on the north side of St. Croix Falls. The park is on the St. Croix River, along Hwy 87.
Great video, I was born n raised in MN n I've never heard of any of this. Will def be looking 4 more videos 2 learn about things they don't teach us in schools
Sad. Fascinating. Mistreatments of the Lakota was totally unnecessary. They understood that the 'Americans' were awash with food. Thanks for your excellent presentation.
Well, I hope your able to invest in a better mic as this one is too shrill to listen too. Music is muchly improved tho'! Thank you for listening to your fans!
Great video about the massacre. On a side note, Frederick Russell Burnham, who would later be a tracker in the Apache Wars, then head to Africa, meet up with and serve as an army scout with Robert Baden-Powell, heavily influencing what would become Boy Scouts (it was from Burnham that Baden-Powell incorporated the campaign hat and neckerchief, as well as a bunch of field craft), was a baby when his mother hid him in his basket in a pile of corn husks before running into the woods to avoid Little Crows warriors, who did burn down the farm. They moved to California, where his exploits as a boy really took off. For a good read, check “A Splendid Savage”, the Burnham biography from 2014.
I found this to be very informative, I have read Over the Earth I Come so already know the story, some of the historical videos out there are pretty dry, yours was well narrated and very watchable. I live in Kansas and our history has much of the same conflict between people, starting with the Civil War, or before the Civil War as in the burning of Lawrence Kansas, it wasn't Indians that burned Lawrence and killed over a hundred citizens. The history of this nation is fascinating, gritty, and evolving. Thanks for the video.
@@whosawesome3829 No women or children were killed at Lawrence, only Redlegs (see "The Outlaw Josie wales"). However, Jim Lane, their leader, escaped. The Redlegs had killed many citizens of Missouri, including women and children.
Ojibwe is what the English heard when they met us, Chippewa is what it sounded like to the French when we called ourselves Anishinaabe. Translation, "The People". I posted this earlier, not sure if it uploaded my comment.
The music (in order): -Channel theme is tune from Ry Cooder. I think Paris, TX is the name. -1:08 Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland -3:59 Lakota National Anthem -5:39 Sioux War Chant -12:39 Johnny Comes Marching Home Again -12:49 Hell on the Wabash The rest is a repeat of these motifs.
I recommend watching this. An even handed recount of a terrible conflict. Though I had heard of the mass execution, I never knew what led up to it. Having lived my life where Indians once lived, it all seemed as distant as the moon but this account makes it all relevant.
I live in Lakota country and all you ever hear about is how Lincoln executed all these Dakota in MN. They want to "Cancel" him because of it. They never mention the uprising.
Thanks for bringing this to light. Early on John Smith warned of the duplicity of the indigenous people. His warning was ignored and resulted in the deaths of approximately 200 colonists who had breakfasted with them that very morning. Some folks never learn.
Doorus the Walrus! Super good episode of this event!! And - what is the origin of the name “Doorus the Walrus? Sun 21 July 2024, 16:15 hrs CST USA, Minnesota Territory
Billy is right. “warpath” (plundering civilians) & also joining foreign enemies in war - have harsh consequences. A thrilling & ugly period of history (Corruption, violence, superstition) Can’t be judged out of context.
Little Crow did not depart from the ways of the white man. Like the Japanese, he was an apt pupil, learning all that he could, and then making full of use of this knowledge to advantage. If he had done his deeds in India or South Africa in the service of Queen Victoria, there would be statues of him in Trafalgar Square.
@@DrCruel fighting for survival, nothing to do with white, red skin. Natives killed or enslaved weaker tribes + some early euros also kept slaves (see, Indian Slavery in Pacific Northwest). Scouts & natives killed each other nearly on sight (see Drannan 31 yrs on the plains)
My Dad's grandpa told him the story of dad's greatgrandma Janette 'having to' give some indians a meal while the indians (men) were playing with her children. Near Lake Sakatah, (Waterville), Le Sueur County before "Dakota War of 1862". Dad's greatgrandpa, Albert Augustus Henry Ripley, was in 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers, they (Albert & Janette) are buried at Lake Sakatah Cemetary.
@@Whatsahandle4 . I also understand quacky people who advocate for complete extermination of people..absolutely understandable..if you ask me..or any with common sense
CBC: Thats where my people come from, my GGG Grandfather fought in the 7th Minnesota and was also on this campaign. He too lies in the Sakatah Cemetery as does his wife beside him, unmarked. He survived the war but the illness he caught while down south never did leave him and he was dead within 4 years of returning to the farm. We have people from both sides in that cemetery and also in Kilkenny but those pioneer graves were "lost" long ago, no records survived to the present day. Just west of the 13/60 interchange theres a small pioneer cemetery on the south side of the road, very hard to find, and we have a pair of ancestors there too, a mother and daughter. The cemetery was in very poor shape and the head stones are leaning badly 5 years ago. Id like to figure out who is in charge of that spot to do some improvements to the headstones but its a very murky trail, some 4H "owns" it but I havent found out much past that, not sure if the chapter is active or not.
Only know stories like this after graduation HS etc ..while living at home only what television stories and movies told us.. The comments made as family members being saved or killed was very interesting.. like this video.
What I love about this story is MN and USA history. What I hate is the lack of humanity people have for one another. It is happening now and will happen again. To my Sioux, Chippewa and Mahnomen Friends.
Excellent video, proves the point I've always made, this land wasn't stolen, it was fought over through war, which was how all land was fought over at that time in history, one side was overmatched and lost.
@@mito88 Everyone knows it everywhere but we kid ourselves into believing our rights are more virtuous. No matter where you or I are typing this from it is true.
When I hear stories about Lavina Eastlick, she is seen as a hero. When I read her account, that she wrote, I read about how she ignored her son's cry for help while he was getting hit in the head. She played dead even when her son, who walked 50 miles with his baby brother, called out her name. She left her son, who was dying, and another boy to die alone. She found a six year old girl and two infants unharmed, and she left them to die. Her version of survival is horrific. She had no remorse and bragged about all the money donated to her after the fact.
There are some books on this event available. Gregory Michno is renowned as the best historian of the American West alive today. He wrote a very good account of this event "Lakota Dawn." Some of his other works, such as "A Fate Worse than Death," cross-references The Lakota Uprising of 1862, as well.
My great grandfather John fought in the 10th Minnesota regiment. He was present at the battles in that war, and also at the Mankato hangings. Later he fought with US Grant. He was seriously wounded in the battle of Mobile Bay.
Thank you, I grew up, and after 30 years of Military Duty, have returned back to right in the middle of this historical event. We children were told that the remains of Little Crow’s house was about 25 meters from our home. Little Crow’s headstone is on the way into town. At times it has been grassed over so to speak and other times properly taken care of. The Lower Sioux Reservation is about two miles from our place. The battle fields are marked out. My parents, both WW II Vets, raised us to understand that Little Crow fought for his people and he was a warrior for justice. Little Crow must have known that defeat was inevitable. My sense is that because he was a man of peace, as are all true warriors, he was in attendance at that Church Service as one last desperate attempt to not go to war. I have ‘Terrain Walked,’ the battlefields and reflected on this event. My sense is that the Settlers hold most of the responsibility because they had most of the power. Also, this event is a good example of the perils of dependency on the government and an argument for why the 2nd Amendment exists. This event is also a good example of how two different cultures should not interact when they come into contact. America has yet to fully benefit from the gifts that the Native Peoples have to offer.
@@Redlurk3 I think that that is accurate for a majority but not all. America would be a better nation if it had expanded in a more just and charitable manner.
Schells breweries. August Schell had always been very kind to the Indians. They went around......August Schell and his small Buisness. Mercy...not entirely blood thirsty. Have a beer. It’s still there!
Totally insane to think that this all was happening at the same time as the climax of the Civil War. Makes me think about what Shelby Foote said about how the Union was fighting the whole war with “one arm tied behind its back.” I’ll bet the Minnesotans wished most of their fighting men hadn’t left home.
Now with twice the music at twice the volume!
Hopefully, the volume is settled at a suitable cacophony. The editing is still a work in progress. Let me know your valid criticisms for improvement in the comments. Enjoy!
It sounds like a Jackson,Andrew or Thomas J.,should have went through that Area,like they did down here,and they would have been sent on Vacation to (Indian territory)Oklahoma!!!
Your use of sound is really effective and adds a lot of drama to an already thrilling story. Excellent work. Thanks for sharing this.
I thought it fit well. Volume and choice of fx.
Very glad that someone cares enough about their channel to correct un- satisfactory issues. Thumbs up!!!
not a Feel good story but Your presentation is excellent.
My great great grandmother Sarah Fadden was just a child when she was one of the 62 people led to safety by the Indian John Other Day. Her Father told Mr. Other Day that if they survived they would name their unborn son after him, which they did after safely arriving in North Dakota. My great great uncle was John Other Day Fadden. I could listen to these stories forever. Thank you.
My real name is John b brown Jr.. named after other day and same as earl persons
Mi name es John john after tallhorse
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Yeah that's nice and all but it does nothing to offset how violent these redskinned savages are lmao.
@@kufarimahdi9636 your name ain’t Kufari ?
My great grandfather”s family was wiped out in one of these battles… somehow the baby survived and was adopted by a family…
So that is why I’m alive today
Little Big Man!!
Good to know your roots. What an origin story!
Betty Miller · . Thank God ..it's great to have you in the world.
That's amazing
@@doorusthewalrus6903 ...Maybe you should do a little more research before you make a bogus video that is not even close to the truth. The Massacres that happened in Minnesota in 1862, including the one in New Ulm, were instigated by Confederate War General Albert Pike in order to kill as many protestants as possible why many of their men were off to war. It had nothing to do with broken treaties or what some of the towns people may have said. I'm a ditz on the computer, but if you care to learn a little truth on the mater there is a video on TH-cam called....The Hidden Hands Behind Albert Pikes Klu Klux Klan and Scottish Rite Freemasonry...By Adam 1984. It's only 13;15, but it will give you the truth and change a lot of what you now believe.
One of my great, great grandfathers was in Company B of the Fifth Minnesota. He was at Fort Ridgely for the whole duration of the battle. He survived some terrible battles in the south after leaving Minnesota. The siege at Vicksburg, the Battle of Nashville, etc. He returned to Minnesota after the war and passed away in 1913. His name, William H. H. Chase is on the monument erected at Ft. Ridgely. Thank you for this video.
What a life! That so cool to hear. Thank you for telling me.
@@doorusthewalrus6903 You're Welcome!
That's amazing. Those poor guys, talk about trauma and ptsd. So sad but damn if they weren't some badassses.🇺🇸
@@jamesbutler8959 men werent snowflakes then
My Great X3 Grandpa was in the minnesota 1st I think. Fort Snelling. His bunk still had his name on it in the fort on display. His name was John Reed.
A fabulous recall of 1862. Thank you For this time of Minnesota history.
I have no idea why this came up on my feed but I just completed watching the entire program. I very much enjoyed it and thank you sincerely for producing it.
so for the many who don't take the time to thank you, I thank you again! Wow, what a story. I'm creeping up on 70 and knew nothing of this history. I now live in Minnesota and therefore it held special significance.
I also subscribed. 😁🙏🙏
Thank you for helping to preserve the history of this nation. It all needs to be remembered.
Yup your fellow white men are still doing massacres in america nothing has changed
I imagine this how my grandparents felt watching all those westerns in the 60s and 50s. You're voice is perfect for these stories
Always honor the 800 innocent women children and babies that were killed by the Indigenous people who started all of this.
Few wanted the Indians to win. Once or twice they did
@@tomthx5804 it was white people that caused it !
I've never heard of this story and I'm nearly 52 years old. Damn public school education left a lot to be desired. I found this quite interesting.
It was covered in the mini-series Centennial, the character Col Skimerhorn was motivated to kill Tribes because his family was murdered by the Sioux in MN.
@@fordwk Skimerhorn was based on a real person, Colonel John M. Chivington, who commanded US Volunteers at the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado, which resulted in the murder of an estimated 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women, and children. It should be noted that Volunteers were not regular US Army soldiers, but militia troops called to active service during the War Between the States. Also, not every soldier under his command obeyed Chivington's senseless order to attack defenseless women and children. Captain Silas Soule not only defied him, but even testified against him later at a court of inquiry, despite murder threats. In the end Chivington was forced to resign his commission and Colorado's territorial governor was dismissed. Two months after his testimony Soule was ambushed and killed by two assassins. He wounded the man who shot him, Charles Squier, but Squier later escaped federal custody when his own captor was presumed murdered in a staged drug overdose. Squier eventually fled to Central America where he met a most ignoble end, having both of his legs crushed in a railroad accident, which led to gangrene and his death in 1869.
Yes it's very disappointing. 38 Dakota Indians were hanged
@@shawnmichaelduncan5951 Indeed. Colonel Sibley ordered over 300 to be hanged. It was the direct intervention by President Abraham Lincoln that kept the number so low. Despite this, at least one of the Sioux pardoned by Lincoln was hung anyway.
Even if they tried to teach the things they should, they couldn't cover everything.
Hollywood has repeatedly retold the story of Custer's Last Stand, but this is a far greater tragedy for all involved, yet largely ignored and forgotten. This is a brutally honest and riveting presentation. Well done, sir. The music and sound effects were spot-on. What were those melodies?
I read somewhere that the Battle of the Little Bighorn has more books written about it than any other battle in history. It's also the battle we know the least about. Not sure if it's true, but I believe it. It's done to death. Plenty of interesting conflicts nobody talks about.
The music (in order):
-Channel theme is tune from Ry Cooder. I think Paris, TX is the name.
-1:08 Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland
-3:59 Lakota National Anthem
-5:39 Sioux War Chant
-12:39 Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
-12:49 Hell on the Wabash
The rest is a repeat of these motifs.
@@doorusthewalrus6903 Thanks. I have several Copland albums, including Billy the Kid. I'll have to look for the others.
Oh this stuff has been covered in film and TV too. It was very fashionable to show soldier raids after 1970 on TV. Films did it more after 1960, Winchester 76, etc..
Indeed
Lots of massacres from the other side that don't get a lot of notice as well.
This is one of the best historical retellings of Indian battles that I have ever heard the narration is great the writing is crisp and it is pretty well balanced All Things Considered. well done!
This is one of the finest narratives I have heard. It covered an event I have never heard of before. Thank you. Subscribed.
This narrative is White washed history. I suggest reaching out to the native account to provide balance and perspective. Little Crow argued against this war until the very end.
This randomly appeared on my feed although im a big history buff and especially first person narratives but hadnt watched any in quite a while however as i immediatly subscribed even before hearing it and i appreciate this great piece of history and hope for more.
What a story! I'd heard of the Sioux uprising in Minnesota in 1862, but only in passing. This is an absolutely fascinating part of frontier history. It's a shame it's not more well known. I'm speculating, but think it was probably overshadowed because the Civil War was raging in the East at the time. This happened at almost the exact time as the battle of Antietam (17 Sep 1862), the deadliest one day battle in American history. Thanks so much for sharing this essential part of Minnesota and American history.
This documentary Channel Is the Best in the West! He has incredible paintings like the Sand Creek one, and great narration and music audio!
My ancestor, Alexander Faribault, was friends and hunting partners with both Little Crow and Sibley. He joined the 5th Minnesota as a volunteer guide, and was one of those that fought at Birch Coolee. He was a very wealthy man before the war, but lost everything afterwards for being of "mixed blood" and protecting Sioux indians that had been relocated to his land. It was a tragedy for EVERYONE involved! Truly horrible!
"meetoo" is here now
"The treaties of 1851 had promised the Dakota lump sum payments in exchange for land, but eleven years later the Dakota had still not received the funds....Most of the money was given directly to creditors contrary to treaty terms and to federal law.” Carol Chomsky, “U.S.-Dakota War Trials”, Stanford Law Review, November 1990
My ancestor was Gideon Hollister Pond, brother of Samuel W Pond. He knew Little Crow during a mission and taught him English.
Thank you for sharing. Was his property and finance taken from him?
@@apostlekelley3618 Faribault's wealth was hit hard by the "economic panic of 1857." He also had several businesses that failed, resulting in further loss of income. With a negative cash flow, he ended up asking the government to remove the Indians from his land, as he could no longer afford their care. He ended up selling his property and living with family.
I grew up 6 miles north of Fort Ridgely. My ancestors settled that area and were involved protecting the farms and settlers in and around Fort Ridgely. Their names are on a monument there to this day. Thank you so much for covering these battles. Your narrative sounds accurate to what I have been told all my life.
I really appreciated this. I recently have discovered a published diary of one of my ancestors, a Nathan Addison Baker, and I plan to narrate it soon. You've done a great job here! I really liked it.
When you narrate that diary I hope you tell the other side. The Native American side of the story. It is sad that it happened but it would have all been avoided if they would have left their land alone try not to push them off their land and rape their women and taken all their food . In memory of all the tribes that were involved in my ancestry and DNA, Powhatan, Cherokee, lenape and and my husband's great-grandfather Fox tribe. Thank you, Maureen Ramage
Outstanding presentation keep up the good work. As a history scholar I commend you on your research and giving both sides of the Indian wars. Graphics n pictures are great ,a lot of research has gone into all of your work. Keep it up!
As a teenager I was quite interested in tales of the American frontier. At one point I remember reading a book of short histories of the Indian Wars. One story in particular I wish I'd never read was about an American Army officer who was captured sometime in the early 1800's by an Iroquois war party. His own small band of soldiers had been killed during an ambush and he was the only survivor. The story was related by a French trapper who was friendly to the Iroquois in that area, but had no love for the Americans or British. Long story short, the Iroquois braves decided to burn the American alive. When the trapper told the officer that his fate was to be burned, he stated that he "would attempt to bear it bravely", but the trapper told him that it would be nowhere near a quick death, as the Iroquois truly enjoyed the spectacle of burning their captives slowly on a bed of coals where they would tie a man's hands behind his back and then rope him by his neck to a pole, but leave his feet and legs free. Then they'd watch him dance as he'd slowly roast to death over coals with just enough rope to allow him to put part of his body out of the intense heat, but not all of it. This led to a man "favoring" various parts of his body as the rest of him roasted in various places until the thousands of twists and turns to obtain some relief had finally caused every part of the man's surface to become charred, with the exception of his face and head; at which point the Iroquois would shove him to the ground and heap hot coals on his head to finish the deed. The "fun" was to see how long they could keep a man alive during this ordeal. The trapper related that it took this particular officer a day and a half to finally expire. I still have trouble grasping this level of evil and the knowledge that the native peoples of the Americas had been dealing out this sort of treatment to their rivals long before Europeans appeared on the scene has since destroyed any naive ideas of the "Noble Indigenous Peoples" B.S. you might hear from supremely ignorant people in our modern era.
Definitely!!!! They sure as hell don't teach us this in school or the fact that Indians often sacrificed people to ther gods and some of them even practiced cannabilsm.
The Indian world was freaking vicious and for the most part needed replaced.
talk to the hand bigot
@@patrickmulroney9452 STFU you brainwashed,snow flake liberal! No one gives a fck what you think as your being bred out, ran over and rapped by your own masters you vote in to office and they take from you! Your obsolete and in the way of the left but they use fools like you to step on you people who are to ignorant to look at the facts and the truth.
I'm HALF INDIAN AND 1/4 JEWISH. I'm associated with the Muskogee creek tribe of Oklahoma BUT I CAN STILL SEE ,READ ABOUT AND SPEAK FACTS YOU FREAKING ZOMBIE.
@@patrickmulroney9452 THE INDIAN WORLD WHILE STILL IN THE STONE AGE WAS ABSOLUTELY VIOLENT AND VICIOUS! INDIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS SLAUGHTERED THEMSELVES RIGHT UP TO THE END!
NOT ONLY WAS HUMAN SACRIFICE COMMON EVEN CANNABILSM WAS MORE WIDE SPREAD THAN IT WAS THOUGHT.
GO DOWN INTO THE AMAZON SOY BOY AND VISIT WITH THE TRIBES DEEP IT IN IT.AND SEE IF YOU DONT GET SOMETHING STUCK IN YOUR (A..).
NORTH AMERICA WAS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT IN THE 1600s !!!!! GET OVER IT.
@@patrickmulroney9452 Then LOOK at what the Spanish found in south America!!! While I do not like the gold digging Spanish and am glad they where crushed by england I do understand the horrors they found in south America.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WALKING INTO A STONE WORLD WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING TORTURED ,HAVING HEARTS RIPPED OUT , BEHEADED AND SACRIFICED FOR EVIL GODS AS THIER BODIES ROLE DOWN THE STEPS. PILES OF DEAD BODYS. A WORLD OF SLAVERY AND MURDER!
CHILDREN BEING KILLED WITH THEIR DEAD MASTERS. BURIED ALIVE OR LEFT TO FREEZE TO.DEATH IN THE MOUNTAINS!
I'm glad the Spanish destroyed this world.
GOD used the Spanish to clean them ,out so a new Christian world could bring lightness around the world and the modern world could come in to existence.
I grew up in Minnesota. We never learned any of this in school.
Same reason you don't hear of numerous white people that were shielded and saved by Sioux missionary indians. In appreciation, US Govt deeded land to the Sioux missionaries but lost their land to another band not entitled to the deeded land. Casino money and high.paid lawyers is keeping this lawsuit in limbo. Case is called WolfChild VS US Govt. Case 12-5035
Because it's goes against the narrative they want to teach you (your ancestors were evil, so its your Job to babysit brown ppl and let them replace you).
That's because Minnesota teaches narrative not education
Because it would be a stark reminder showing what happens when people steal land that doesn’t belong to them. I see a lot of similarities between this event, Nat Turner’s uprising, and even Oct 7, 2023. This is what happens when you take and take for centuries from a people who were there long before you were, when you push a people beyond their means and their sanity
@@manicmamc291 I agree the Bible shows the Jews being there a long time!
I’m thankful the algorithm decided to recommend me this video, this is quite a vivid and horrifying retelling of this grim piece of history, thank you for covering these stories.
There has to have been many stories untold. Thanks for a wonderful presentation.
We heard about this in school, but this is the first true documentary I’ve seen on it. Good job, and thank you for making this
Not enough is said here about The part the Chippawa played in Fighting their Ancient Enemy the Sioux and driving them out of Minnesota , The Chippawa are still in Minn and Wisconsin , The Sioux are gone to Canada and the Dakotas
Prairie Island, Shakopee
Ojibwe
Upper and lower Sioux agency Natives in Minnesota on their reservations would disagree.
To clarify - Chippewa is the white's mangling of the name 'Ojibwe". and they considered joining in the fight against US Govt, and wisely declined. I'm pretty sure had they joined in thet would have gone aftefr Govt. agencies and propert, and WOULD NOT have slaughterd 400 + unarmed settlers. It would still have gone badly for them, however.
I'm Lakota/Ojibwe 😂 we all around intermingled after the peace treaty from the battle in Red Lake
Ma and Pa made me write an essay on every chapter of 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' the summer I turned ten. Subscribing! Thank you for your channel.
My family survived that. They were friends with the Indians. The day before my family was told to stay home and was not hurt. My family was hated until we left the farm in the 1930s. We still owned the farm till 2014.
Wow, whatta story !! That's a long time to own a chunk of land !!
@@SirManfly we were only on it for the 1850s to the 1930s. Then we rented it
Yes id well believe that sclandous what happened to the indians the real people
BUT THE DEVIL HAD ARRIVED IN AMERICA .
@@anthonymctigue9038 Did he go down to Georgia looking to make a deal?
@@anthonymctigue9038 nice grammar, dumdum.
I found your channel a few days ago I've subscribed and I'm binge watching your videos everyday for a couple hours. Thanks for the amazing hard work.
My 4th Great-Grandfather Francois LaBatte (LaBathe) was Native American and killed at the Lower Sioux Agency 0n 8/18/1862. He was a trader and his son-in-law Vanoss Robinette (also Native American) was taken hostage along with his family.
Thanks for this story. It was never taught to us in school in the 60's.
Same in the ,80s.
It’s still not taught in schools
Is that Minnesota State History or general history living elsewhere? I grew up in south Alabama, pretty far from MN, and I knew about the Minnesota Indian war in 62, the Chivington persecution raid and the great Mankato hanging during Lincoln's 1st term.
We learned of the Fort Mims massacre by the redstick Creeks on river settlers forted up in 1813 and the following defeat a year later at Horseshoe Bend.
They followed that in 11th grade US history with listing the major battles and raids in all of the US territories from 1780 to 1890. Kids back then 70s, were more interested I guess.
These raids and the two big wars after 1861 were mentioned in the Little House series of books.
HELLS BELLS , i could write a book then teach an entire course of what we wernt taught back then ,esp CAT-LIC schooling
Graduated from a Minnesota high school in 2003, and this was not talked about. Minnesota history wasn’t discussed after 5th grade, and the history up to that point was just very local stuff like fort snelling, and how St. Paul, the state capital, was nearly named pigs eye. Pigs eye lived under the bridge and beat the shit out of everyone, like bill the butcher.
Why was anything Indian wars or anything Indian not discussed? I don’t know, can only speculate
You got my sub. This content is phenomenal. Thank you for replying to my inquiry about the music. And doing so promptly. I've been loading up your videos in my que. The sound track to this video has a very 1960's or 70's cowboys and indians movie, feel to it. Idk if that's what you were going for. But I love it man! Great stuff. Looking forward to binging more as I mow and while I'm at work.
I'm nearly 70 years old and this is the first time I've heard of this battle! I wonder why they didn't teach it in school. Thank you 💛 for covering it so well. I subbed. 🐺
Long ago the school system was taken over by the anti-American left. They don't teach accurate American history unless it meets their anti-American agenda.
I think it's important to acknowledge the tactical sophistication of the indigenous forces, which are highlighted in this video. Even recent history books and podcasts (how most of us consume history these days) seem to harbor the long held opinion that indigenous Americans weren't capable of sophisticated battlefield tactics. I think it's great that this channel highlights the truth.
I think you are over estimating them.
@@Codeman22 he is.. it's not hard to wait and hide behind tress and riverbeds and conduct a surprise attack/ambush on an unsuspecting regime stuck on "civilized" warfare. This is always the nature of a fighting force when another group is coming into their territory -ie wait and spring a trap
@@muddyhotdog4103 . yeah..only there are tactics the U.S. began to teach at west point..or any other military branch..in the case with Little Crow and the Santee..decoy operations were especially studied.
The life native Americans, like nearly all peoples whos' lives were marked by almost continuous warfare between themselves and with other tribes who all either got really good at it or disappeared from history.
It stands to reason that those tribes that thrived were able to defend their camps and successfully defeat other tribes for land, slaves and prosperity; there were no prize for second place.
Children endlessly listened to warriors recount battles (and tactics) and played war until they could join their elders at the real thing.
Anyone who does not understand and appreciate the war expertice of surviving tribes like the Souix while Europeans were still slapping each other with satin gloves and following Marquis of Queensbury rules in combat is missing the point here. Thousands of British and their professional Hessian fighters were stunned and beaten bloody by settlers who simply adopted the tactics of the Eastern tribes. Washington did NOT cross an ice-choked river at midnight to attack early on Christmas morning using tactics learned in the British war college he and some of his commanders attended before the Revolution. The surrendering Brits were mortified at the savage termidity and lack of social graces of the attack under those unfair and ghastly tactics the Americans learned from the indians.
Natives were brilliant tacticians.The commanche are well known for superior horsemanship and their tactical prowess.
Just riveting! Did you write the narration? If so, have you published. I was hooked the whole way through.
I lived on Lake Shetek, well, actually a smaller lake named Bloody Lake, from 1995 -1999. Where the rebellion started was no more than 1 mile from my house.
It is a lovely area, but the video offers confusing pictures and paintings in regards to what the terrain looked like. Honestly, Minnesota starts to get a bit more hilly and tree covered around Mankato. A large part of the rebellion was on the Minnesota Prairie. Regardless, as a student one of the best history teachers I ever had took my class out numerous times to learn the history of the rebellion. Truly fascinating.
I believe the conflict started on the Lower Sioux Agency, quite a spell to your east.
Mmmm…not a ton. But if that’s what they say. I was told different.
@@mikequinlivan8842 Yes, it actually started on the Lower Sioux Reservation near Morton. However, there was an Indian attack several days later at Lake Shetek.
What rebellion?,these people were fighting for what they saw as their land same as the Union was fighting the confederacy,I’m sorry but Sherman said it himself “War is hell”
@@Alexander-Craig0530 There's a difference between war and total genocide.
I grew and live in the new ulm area. I remember reading about it school and went on school trips to learn more history. And as an adult now and still find artifacts in the spring and we recently found and grinding Boulder and stones on our farm
You live in hollowed ground my friend. The brave and steadfast pioneers and settlers may be gone, but they will not be forgotten.
I first learned about little crow from the movie bury my heart at wounded knee. This is first extensive documentary I seen abot him. I wish to know more about him. Thanks for the video.
My great grandfather’s school house in Hutchinson was burned down by Little Crow. My grandmother was home, hiding under the bed.
A timeless strategy for kids throughout the years! The boogyman can't harm you under the covers.
Jocularity aside, that must have been terrifying for him. Thank God it was a Sunday!
"meetoo" lies
@@alwaystheirtocomment cope harder
Ironically, Little Crow was killed the same day as Pickett's Charge happened at Gettysburg, with Vicksburg falling the next day.
Thank you. First complete version I have heard. My great-great-great grandmother was a prisoner
Indian attacks were rampant in both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War as both sides were preoccupied fighting each other and couldn't spare troops to guard the frontier.
Woncerful retelling of his (to me) unknown story. Thank you!
As an old artilleryman, I know why artillery is called "the King of Battle".
Was the king of battle. Drones of all sizes will be the future king.
@@ryanhighberg4662 Add anti-sniper drift, and a small 3 gram shaped charge. Times this drone by a billion, and you sir rule the world.
75% of battle casualties are due to artillery. Or at least that is what my Sgt. Major told me when I was in college in the 80s
Excellent job of telling this story , a part of history that I had never heard . THANKYOU ! 👍👍👍👍
Being a Brit don't know an awful lot about American history but this is great stuff!Keep it up man.Most definitely subscribed
I was lucky enough to be taught by my dad and he taught global history with no bias and iam forever grateful for his instruction as I believe it gives me a better grasp of the world today and yesterday.
Im sitting by a river in rural North Devon enjoying this awesome video 🇬🇧😎
G'Day, well done Sir most Interesting and Informative, good to see you looked at both sides, Going to Binge Watch the rest of your work, thank you for what you have done !👍
My paternal grandmother's parents were at the Battle of New Ulm, where they helped with the defense of the town. This I learned from my dad, a very long time ago. My dad died in 2003, and I'm 67 years old.
So cool; do you still live in MN? I have connections to New Ulm as well, love the history
as the last survivor (now turned 70) of one side of my family, I am dredging thru bales of photographs of dead people that I am the last one who even knows who they were. In particular, an uncle-in-law was on the Enterprise in the Pacific in WW2. His DD214 records 2 Silver Stars and a few others. Ask them before they die, my friends!
@@Dragonshmm265 I'm in California, and I live on the San Francisco Peninsula. My dad was a WWII Veteran; my mom was an Armenian-American raised on a Fresno farm; they were CAL students, and married in Berkeley.
@Doorus the Walrus - A fascinating glimpse into the unknown (for us Europeans) story of the Indian Wars and uprisings at a critical time in US history. This is an excellent production, clearly presented, in a balanced manner, with good pictorial and audio support. I thoroughly enjoyed this and heartily recommend watching it.
The rest of the remaining 6,000 plus Dakota were driven out of Minnesota by Sibley's troops and the incentive of a general 1863 state legislative scalp bounty for their death - the starting price
was $25 per Dakota scalp, then $75. By the fall of 1863 the state bounty was $200 per scalp, “but by then most Dakotas had vanished from Minnesota.” Professor Mary Lethert Wingerd, North Country: The Making of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press, 2010), p. 330.
Superb presentation.
30:51 a touching detail " the rescued slept in the tens of the soldiers, while the men took the hard ground outside"
Awesome history lesson. I lived in Minnetonka for eight years and had no clue until now.Thank you for the teaching.
“The Sioux were still a hunting society in the early nineteenth century. All evidence considered, it seems likely that 50 percent of those living in 1650 were children. This would boost the total Sioux population in the Mississippi watershed to about 38,000 at white contact....Theoretically, at least, epidemics do much to explain
the general decline in Sioux populations from 38,000 at white contact to 25,000 in 1805,....” Gary Clayton Anderson, Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862 (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1997), p. 19 and p. 22.
@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 tribes like the Mandan where completely wiped out like island Indians of Jamaica and the Caribbean islands. All that's left of them is 3 words. Canoe , hammock and another words I've forgotten.
@@dylonmc4323 yes and if you read the blog "arctic - news" blogspot it's well-documented that the near term future of all humans is now directly threatened. It's amazing what people don't know about if they don't look into it - rather people are very passive about their education. hahaha.
Mandan are still alive today. The colonizers tried to exterminate us indigenous. They are called now The Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Mandan, hidatsa and arikara tribes make up the three affiliated tribes. I’m Lakota by the way. And we don’t call ourselves Sioux. For ex he said santee Sioux. It’s called the santee Dakota Sioux is what the Europeans called us.
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
My mother's family was spared when a Lakota they had fed warned them of the pending attack. They were able to escape but their farm was burned to the ground.
"meetoo" wow REALLY
Maybe its the same family...
Wow!
Great history lesson, thanks for the video.
Great documentary..... I became interested when a girlfriend and I visited Ft. Ridgeway a few years ago... Got the connection with the Mankato hangings, and touched up on the topic... Interesting time in Minnesota history with the Civil war and the problems with treaty provisions....
Wilma?
Great story telling. Not "PC" at all either. You told it like it was.
Telling it like it was is good history. Not enough was told in this story about why the Sioux rose up. What a shame that Black American history, again, events that happened, is being censored by states that don't want to acknowledge massacres of black citizens. I'm sure this uprising and massacre would be readily taught in these states because they were white. If all these victims were black , and were killed by white men, this historical event would never see the light of day in states run by Republicans,
Family lore says my great [great?] grandfather was a Federal Soldier and was killed in a Souix massacre before the Civil War. Whether it was at Ft Snelling, or if he was a sergeant, and Cavalryman, are murky details. His widow and sons resettled in Rock Island, Illimois. The eldest sons worked at the Arsenal there during the Civil War. As a young man, my paternal grandfather moved to Chicago and became a telegrapher, before studying medicine. He was drafted into the US Army Medical Corps during the Great War and was with the AEF and subsequent occupation of Germany -- 1918-19. He went deaf from the shelling.
Yer a damn good story teller. And i love true frontier stuff. Its hard to find creators that will touch on it in a cogent manner.
Greetings,
My G x 4 grandmother lost her husband, brother and sister-in-law when Inkapuda led an attack (aka Inkpatha in our family history). She hid with 4 children, all under age 8 in the root cellar. They watched the attack and massacre through the floor board cracks. A family bible still exists with an indian's bloody footprint inside it's cover.
Grandma hid for hours and then shoved her way past furniture and a rug to find her adult loved one butchered but her infant nephew blood-covered but uninjured. With 4 small children of her own plus the tiny orphan, she hid in the corn field for 3 days, existing on raw corn and the dew that formed on the leaves of the corn stalks-to frightened to return to her cabin or the river due to passing bands of raiding indians who traveled along the river banks.
They were rescued by troops of Sibley's cavalry along with a 10 year old orphan she discovered and collected while in the cornfield.
Grandma Bryttva Mestad, her 4 children and the two orphan boys returned to Winnishiek County, Iowa (Highlandville).
Fascinating!
Inkpaduta was my grandfather. Did you know why the Wahpekute' were pushed to do those things? I'm not saying it was right what they did but they were on someone's home already. They shouldn't have been there. Settlers were killing his family and his people with no regard. He went to Fort Dodge to try to reconcile but nothing happened. His family was again killed.
@@kendelldecoteau8438 First of all, how wonderful to me you, even via FB and certainly over the circumstances. Yes, in fact, I have been aware of most of the reason that drove the Conflict as I chose NOT to accept the easy assumption that the indians just decided to go to war with those settlers.
Could we exchange email addresses, etc., as I would love to settle and exchange info, oral family recollections and more? I would be honored to be part of a greater understanding of the events leading up to the war, both for my family members and possibly yours.
My understanding was that rations and a payment were due to the tribe that were not accomplished and that the brother of the man who settled my city, La Crosse, WI refused to furnish food and other necessities, breaking the treaty and causing people to face starvation and disease in the coming winter. This latest act was merely the latest slight/insult/ breaking of treaty guarantees by the BIA and government representitives after your nation ceded wnership and occupancy of a great swath of ancestral land, agreed to live in a limited area and under government control PLUS turn in all firearms making hunting for subsistance almost impossible.
All that plus unknown daily slights and insults inescapeably drove your ancestors to violently retaliate against villages and settlers who were understandably viewed as antagonists too. My grandmother was told that our ancestors traded with, had almost daily contact with families and tribal members and had developed relationships and had the ability to discuss trades and other interactions with tribal members. When my grandma first told me the story her great grandmother, a 10 year old girl at the time of the attack at their cabin we were in the barn hand milking the half dozen cows grandma still owned about 60 years ago. After I had posed every question my teen-aged mind could think of I returned to talk with her about the family legacy but also what I learned about the indians' plight up to the attacks.
My grandma was shocked to hear about the bands' treatment and were facing starvation and recall that she finally able to better understand the attacks. As a mother who suffered gringing poverty even before the Depression that just got worse for her family as the Government enforced programs most often hurt as many families as it tried to helped, I am sure she instantly understood and identified with at least some of the your ancestors' anger, fear and desperation and most certainly the fear of watching your children sufferand die on the whim of a politician.
I hope you will consider email contact with me. We share a common set of events but few if any of the direct and indirect results; I hope we might enlighten and inform family and others of the fuller picture of those times. Would you agree that as people who gather our families' own history and insure our descendants hear the best version we are able to give, that we owe both ancestors and descendants a chance for a fuller, truer account? I look forward to your response!
Great story enjoyed it very much.Story telling is an art,keep it up.
I'd like to see a video about the war between the Sioux and the Chippewa, which climaxed in 1776 near present-day St. Croix Falls, WI.
That'd be fascinating. Sadly, I know precious little about Indian inter-tribal wars. A good channel for this is 'History at The OK Corral.' He's absolutely fantastic for inter-tribal history!
I lived in St. Croix Falls. There is a small monument to the battle in the park on the north side of St. Croix Falls. The park is on the St. Croix River, along Hwy 87.
@@daveneumann8106 Hi Dave. I lived in St. Croix Falls from 1960-65. I was in school grades K-3 there. Did we maybe cross paths?
Great video, I was born n raised in MN n I've never heard of any of this. Will def be looking 4 more videos 2 learn about things they don't teach us in schools
Sad. Fascinating. Mistreatments of the Lakota was totally unnecessary. They understood that the 'Americans' were awash with food. Thanks for your excellent presentation.
Well, I hope your able to invest in a better mic as this one is too shrill to listen too. Music is muchly improved tho'! Thank you for listening to your fans!
Maybe one of the biggest events around the same time as the American civil war.
Excellent video! Thanks for your work on this balanced true history of the West. This is going to my grandchildren.
Great video about the massacre. On a side note, Frederick Russell Burnham, who would later be a tracker in the Apache Wars, then head to Africa, meet up with and serve as an army scout with Robert Baden-Powell, heavily influencing what would become Boy Scouts (it was from Burnham that Baden-Powell incorporated the campaign hat and neckerchief, as well as a bunch of field craft), was a baby when his mother hid him in his basket in a pile of corn husks before running into the woods to avoid Little Crows warriors, who did burn down the farm. They moved to California, where his exploits as a boy really took off. For a good read, check “A Splendid Savage”, the Burnham biography from 2014.
As an Eagle Scout, I will most definitely read that book! Thank you.
Narrative and text at the same time. Brilliant.
I found this to be very informative, I have read Over the Earth I Come so already know the story, some of the historical videos out there are pretty dry, yours was well narrated and very watchable. I live in Kansas and our history has much of the same conflict between people, starting with the Civil War, or before the Civil War as in the burning of Lawrence Kansas, it wasn't Indians that burned Lawrence and killed over a hundred citizens. The history of this nation is fascinating, gritty, and evolving.
Thanks for the video.
Who was it?
Lawrence had it coming!
@@fattyhaggs356 Quantrill's Raid 1863
@@JamesWilliams-st4bp I will reaearch.thank you.
Blessings.
@@whosawesome3829 No women or children were killed at Lawrence, only Redlegs (see "The Outlaw Josie wales"). However, Jim Lane, their leader, escaped. The Redlegs had killed many citizens of Missouri, including women and children.
Incredible video!
What is the music you used in this - sounds like Elmer Bernstein
Aaron Copland. I believe I used the "Billy the Kid" and "Our Town" suites.
Thank you #DoorustheWalrus for the detailed historical documentary!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ojibwe is what the English heard when they met us, Chippewa is what it sounded like to the French when we called ourselves Anishinaabe. Translation, "The People". I posted this earlier, not sure if it uploaded my comment.
Excellent documentary! Fair, and balanced, great narration!
It’s more important to be true than to be ‘balanced’
The music soundtrack sounds familiar - can I inquire what it is ??
The music (in order):
-Channel theme is tune from Ry Cooder. I think Paris, TX is the name.
-1:08 Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland
-3:59 Lakota National Anthem
-5:39 Sioux War Chant
-12:39 Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
-12:49 Hell on the Wabash
The rest is a repeat of these motifs.
I live just south of this area. I so love this story. The Gardener family was massacred a block from where I grew up.
nice one thanks for this, listened to it for one minute and couldnt stop lol
What a story! Thank you so much and God bless!
What are you reading from? Be nice if you actually gave the source
I recommend watching this. An even handed recount of a terrible conflict. Though I had heard of the mass execution, I never knew what led up to it. Having lived my life where Indians once lived, it all seemed as distant as the moon but this account makes it all relevant.
I live in Lakota country and all you ever hear about is how Lincoln executed all these Dakota in MN. They want to "Cancel" him because of it. They never mention the uprising.
Would not have happened if we native Americans were left alone
Thanks for bringing this to light. Early on John Smith warned of the duplicity of the indigenous people. His warning was ignored and resulted in the deaths of approximately 200 colonists who had breakfasted with them that very morning. Some folks never learn.
Really? ‘… the duplicity of the indigenous people…’. You have to be kidding.
Bahahajajahajjahaha yeah, it was those darned duplicitous indigenous people alright
@@toasteddingus6925 right? How dare they try and take back the land that had been fairly stolen from them.
As I said...some people never learn.
@@TRHARTAmericanArtist Yep. Never trust the white man
Doorus the Walrus! Super good episode of this event!! And - what is the origin of the name “Doorus the Walrus?
Sun 21 July 2024, 16:15 hrs CST USA, Minnesota Territory
I’m surprised how many times this happened over the centuries and how they start. It was total war with horrendous civilian casualties for centuries.
Billy is right. “warpath” (plundering civilians) & also joining foreign enemies in war - have harsh consequences. A thrilling & ugly period of history (Corruption, violence, superstition) Can’t be judged out of context.
Little Crow did not depart from the ways of the white man. Like the Japanese, he was an apt pupil, learning all that he could, and then making full of use of this knowledge to advantage. If he had done his deeds in India or South Africa in the service of Queen Victoria, there would be statues of him in Trafalgar Square.
@@DrCruel fighting for survival, nothing to do with white, red skin. Natives killed or enslaved weaker tribes + some early euros also kept slaves (see, Indian Slavery in Pacific Northwest). Scouts & natives killed each other nearly on sight (see Drannan 31 yrs on the plains)
@@washingtondale No doubt. Except that Little Crow happened to be born to a losing team. Cetshwayo would have sympathized.
Excellent as always👏👏👏 Thanks for this 👍
My Dad's grandpa told him the story of dad's greatgrandma Janette 'having to' give some indians a meal while the indians (men) were playing with her children. Near Lake Sakatah, (Waterville), Le Sueur County before "Dakota War of 1862". Dad's greatgrandpa, Albert Augustus Henry Ripley, was in 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers, they (Albert & Janette) are buried at Lake Sakatah Cemetary.
That's awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Sounds very historic......giving "Indians?
a meal in exchange for Indians babysitting their children!!!
Very even exchange???????
@@Whatsahandle4 or he could go back to Europe
@@Whatsahandle4 . I also understand quacky people who advocate for complete extermination of people..absolutely understandable..if you ask me..or any with common sense
CBC: Thats where my people come from, my GGG Grandfather fought in the 7th Minnesota and was also on this campaign. He too lies in the Sakatah Cemetery as does his wife beside him, unmarked.
He survived the war but the illness he caught while down south never did leave him and he was dead within 4 years of returning to the farm.
We have people from both sides in that cemetery and also in Kilkenny but those pioneer graves were "lost" long ago, no records survived to the present day.
Just west of the 13/60 interchange theres a small pioneer cemetery on the south side of the road, very hard to find, and we have a pair of ancestors there too, a mother and daughter. The cemetery was in very poor shape and the head stones are leaning badly 5 years ago. Id like to figure out who is in charge of that spot to do some improvements to the headstones but its a very murky trail, some 4H "owns" it but I havent found out much past that, not sure if the chapter is active or not.
I was in sixth grade ... Lynd Public Schools, Lyon County, Minnesota (1965-1966).
Had a a class about Minnesota history.
Only know stories like this after graduation HS etc ..while living at home only what television stories and movies told us.. The comments made as family members being saved or killed was very interesting.. like this video.
What I love about this story is MN and USA history. What I hate is the lack of humanity people have for one another. It is happening now and will happen again. To my Sioux, Chippewa and Mahnomen Friends.
Excellent video, proves the point I've always made, this land wasn't stolen, it was fought over through war, which was how all land was fought over at that time in history, one side was overmatched and lost.
hawaii, american samoa, puerto rico, yeah....
@@mito88 No one on land today is the rightful owner anywhere on earth.
@@georgepoitras3502 is israel aware of this?
@@mito88 Everyone knows it everywhere but we kid ourselves into believing our rights are more virtuous. No matter where you or I are typing this from it is true.
Exactly!
Well done. Informative and interesting.
Thank you very much!
The sound effects and music really bring it home
When I hear stories about Lavina Eastlick, she is seen as a hero. When I read her account, that she wrote, I read about how she ignored her son's cry for help while he was getting hit in the head. She played dead even when her son, who walked 50 miles with his baby brother, called out her name. She left her son, who was dying, and another boy to die alone. She found a six year old girl and two infants unharmed, and she left them to die. Her version of survival is horrific. She had no remorse and bragged about all the money donated to her after the fact.
I remember thinking the same thing when reading her account.
Amazing, I never heard of this Battle before. Thank Y👏👏
There are some books on this event available. Gregory Michno is renowned as the best historian of the American West alive today. He wrote a very good account of this event "Lakota Dawn." Some of his other works, such as "A Fate Worse than Death," cross-references The Lakota Uprising of 1862, as well.
My great grandfather John fought in the 10th Minnesota regiment. He was present at the battles in that war, and also at the Mankato hangings. Later he fought with US Grant. He was seriously wounded in the battle of Mobile Bay.
Thank you, I grew up, and after 30 years of Military Duty, have returned back to right in the middle of this historical event. We children were told that the remains of Little Crow’s house was about 25 meters from our home. Little Crow’s headstone is on the way into town. At times it has been grassed over so to speak and other times properly taken care of. The Lower Sioux Reservation is about two miles from our place. The battle fields are marked out. My parents, both WW II Vets, raised us to understand that Little Crow fought for his people and he was a warrior for justice.
Little Crow must have known that defeat was inevitable. My sense is that because he was a man of peace, as are all true warriors, he was in attendance at that Church Service as one last desperate attempt to not go to war.
I have ‘Terrain Walked,’ the battlefields and reflected on this event. My sense is that the Settlers hold most of the responsibility because they had most of the power. Also, this event is a good example of the perils of dependency on the government and an argument for why the 2nd Amendment exists.
This event is also a good example of how two different cultures should not interact when they come into contact.
America has yet to fully benefit from the gifts that the Native Peoples have to offer.
Murdering women and children are "gifts"?
@@catherinelw9365 No, of course not. These acts are vile by nature.
America spurned any gifts the Real Americans would share
@@Redlurk3 I think that that is accurate for a majority but not all. America would be a better nation if it had expanded in a more just and charitable manner.
@@lapensulo4684 America would be a better place if Europe kept it criminals in Europe
Very sad to listen to but made me realize just how much suffering spreads across those plains in early times.
Schells breweries. August Schell had always been very kind to the Indians. They went around......August Schell and his small Buisness. Mercy...not entirely blood thirsty. Have a beer. It’s still there!
I live here in Peace! Township Minnesota. Not far from the old Hinckley fire museum.
That sounds like a story in and of itself. Prosit!
Schell beer firewater made many millions from Crow people. Or did he just give it
away being nice.....sooo kind.....
@@peterhamlinhamlin8908 Cope and seethe
@@peterhamlinhamlin8908
They made German beer... not firewater.
Stop with the stupidity already.
I recently traveled to the battle site of Birch Coulie. How any of these men survived that battle, I will never know…
Totally insane to think that this all was happening at the same time as the climax of the Civil War.
Makes me think about what Shelby Foote said about how the Union was fighting the whole war with “one arm tied behind its back.”
I’ll bet the Minnesotans wished most of their fighting men hadn’t left home.
That was b4 Gettysburg, the 1st Minnesota should have stayed at HOME!!!