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Category Archives: Doing Historical Research
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
The Stuff of Legend
The columnist who dubbed himself “The LeSueur Lyre” liked puns. Why anyone believed him is Gleek to me. ***** In late June 1919, Samuel J. Brown of Brown’s Valley, Minnesota mailed a newspaper clipping to Warren Upham, the Secretary of the Minnesota Historical … Continue reading
“The Scourge of God” Against German “Infidels”
A Native American lays down his gun at the feet of Father Francis Xavier (Franz) Pierz and literally looks up to him, while a man of European descent, kneeling, doffs his hat and bows his head. Statue unveiled in 1952, … Continue reading
The Power of the Written Word
One of the highlights for me of the pre-release weekend for Northern Slave, Black Dakota, was sitting in Gideon and Agnes Pond’s living room talking shop with some of my favorite historians. You know that tip-of-the-tongue phenomena when you lose … Continue reading
Will the Real Justina Kriegher Please Stand Up?
I’ve been working Louis Thiele’s story for several years. My last post on Thiele sat in my drafts folder for weeks, awaiting a quick polish before its turn at the top of my home page. Or so I thought. The … Continue reading
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Hot Water, Part 2
“They were coming to the end of the town and they thought they were out of trouble. Then there was a big building at the end of the street. Someone threw hot, scalding water on them. The children were all … Continue reading
A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity: Dispatches from the Dakota War of 1862 