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Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ceded to the U.S. lands in southwestern portions of the Minnesota Territoryfor $1.665 million in cash and annuities. -
Treaty of Mendota
Treaty of Mendota ceded to the U.S. additional lands in southeastern portions of the Minnesota Territory for $1.41 million in cash and annuitities. -
The Dakota Move
7,000 Dakota move into two reservations bordering the Minnesota River in southwestern Minnesota. -
Additional Land
Dakota cede additional land on the north bank of the Minnesota River. -
They Met the Bully
Annuity payments are late; Dakota demand future annuity payments be made directly to them, rather than through traders. Traders refuse to sell provisions on credit. Andrew Myrick, spokesman for the traders, says: "So far as I am concerned, if they are hungry, let them eat grass." -
People Die
Four Dakota kill four white settlers. -
Attack!!
Bands of Dakota kill 44 Americans in attacks on the Redwood Agency and on federal troops heading for the Agency. -
Col. Henry Sibley appointed
Minnesota Governor Ramsey names Col. Henry Sibley to command American volunteer forces. Sixteen settlers are killed around New Ulm. Settlers crowd into a small barricaded area of New Ulm. -
New Ulm is burned
About 650 Dakota attack New Ulm. Town is burned; 34 die and 60 are wounded, but the barricaded area holds out. -
The move to Mankato
2,000 New Ulm refugees head for Mankato, thirty miles away. -
Battle of Birch Coulee
Battle of Birch Coulee, Dakota under Little Crow defeat Col. Sibley's forces. -
Battle of Wood Lake
U.S. forces defeat Dakota at Battle of Wood Lake. -
Dakota reservation occupied
Col. Sibley occupies the Dakota reservation and takes 1200 Dakota men, women, and children into custody. Later another 800 Dakota surrender. -
Dakota tried
Sibley appoints military commission to "try summarily" Dakota for "murder and other outrages." In all 393 Dakota are tried. 323 are convicted, of whom 303 are sentenced to be hanged. -
Lincoln orders exucutions
President Lincoln orders only 39 of the executions go forward. The execution of one additional condemned man is suspended later. -
They are hung
The thirty-eight are hanged in Mankato. It is the largest mass execution in American history.
