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Abraham Lincoln

Sioux Uprising

Sunday Aug 17, 1862
Minnesota, Dakota Territory

On August 17, 1862, the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, supported by the Yankton Indians, killed hundreds of white settlers, forced 30,000 from their homes, and deeply alarmed the Lincoln administration.


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