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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 5
This post is a classic exercise in doing history. The file of leads appears to be straight-forward. But upon a close reading of the texts, we are left to wonder. Captain John S. Marsh of the 5th Minnesota Volunteers, Company B … Continue reading
Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 4
Rockford Wright County Minn July 25 1863 Samuel J. Brown, Esq. Dear Sir Not having anything in particular to do and thinking that it might interest you to know where the Bloody Co. “I” is stationed, I take this opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Dakota Exile, James Gorman, Samuel J. Brown, scalping, Sinte
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Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 3
General Eli Lundy Huggins (left) and General John J. Pershing (right), whom Huggins used as an example of the practice of army officers fathering children with women native to the place where the officer was garrisoned. In … Continue reading
Posted in Eli Lundy Huggins, Uncategorized, Women's History
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Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 2
In Part I of this series, I used a new translation of an 1861 German-language article in the New Ulm Pionier to introduce the subject of relationships between Army officers at Fort Ridgely and Dakota women on the Dakota Reservations … Continue reading
Posted in Fort Ridgely, newspapers, Stephen R. Riggs
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Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 1
This post begins with a short review of the book that sparked this conversation, then introduces other period sources commenting on relationships between Army officers and Dakota women. I made progress on my to-read pile this summer, including several books … Continue reading
Posted in Fort Ridgely, German Turners, New Ulm, newspapers
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A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity: Dispatches from the Dakota War of 1862 