Mr. Beane talks about the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux.
In the end they got very little money.
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DL: What do you think about the treaties?
WB: Traverse de Sioux? Yeah I guess you could say any one they all kind of had the same result. [Laughter] It goes back to you know, putting the Indian on a smaller piece of land and giving them very little money for what the really value was. In the end they got very little money.
Citation: Minnesota Historical Society. U.S. - Dakota War of 1862. In the end they got very little money. November 17, 2024. http://www.usdakotawar.org/node/2210
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