Anna Jane Riggs

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Anna Jane Riggs, 1862Anna Jane Riggs was the 17-year-old daughter of missionary Stephen Riggs. She lived with her parents and siblings at their mission Hazelwood on the Upper Reservation in Minnesota. She was planning on attending finishing school in the east. In this photo, taken by Adrian Ebell, she was fleeing on the prairie with a group of missionaries during the U.S.-Dakota War. 

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