Category Archives: Stephen R. Riggs

Army Officers and Dakota Women on the Minnesota Frontier, Part 2

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

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 →

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Josephine Huggins: “It is impossible for me to name the innumerable blessings”

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Sophia Josephine Marsh Huggins Hanthorne 1838-1927. Part three in a series about new documents commenting on Sophia Josephine Marsh‘s 1862 captivity story. ***** Letter “D” Oak Grove Dec 14th/63 Mr. Riggs My Dear friend Your kind letter with the draught … Continue reading →

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The ABCs of Reading a Primary Text

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

In Sweden, according to the dear woman who told me the story, her grandmother was derisively branded “läsare”  –a reader —because she read the Bible for herself. In that time and place, the Bible was viewed as the province of the … Continue reading →

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“Legislation that is desirable in reference to the Indians:” Riggs & Williamson letter January 2, 1862

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Yesterday, September 7, 2012, Dan Olson of Minnesota Public Radio published a Minnesota Sounds and Voices article, “Sheldon Wolfchild’s View of the U.S. Dakota War.” This is the second of two interviews Olson has conducted inside the MHS Dakota War exhibit … Continue reading →

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