Simon Anawangmani

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Simon Anawangmani, 1862.Simon Anawangmani (He Who Goes Galloping Along) was born around 1808. A Dakota of the Wahpeton band, he was educated at Dr. Williamson's Lac Qui Parle mission. Although he had an early reputation as a warrior, he was one of the earliest Dakotas to convert to Christianity, and was later known for his prominence in the Hazelwood church, where he was an elder.
 
During the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, he was a member of the Peace Party. He protected the Hazelwood missionaries and other settlers. In 1863 he was in the Dakota camp at Fort Snelling. Later that year he joined Sibley's army as a scout, serving until 1865. In 1866 he was licensed to preach in the Presbyterian church. After the Sisseton reservation was established in South Dakota in1867, he settled on land near the agency, dying there in 1891. 
 
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