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In this letter dated November 4, 1862, missionary Stephen Riggs writes to his daughter Martha in the aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. He describes recent events at Camp Sibley, mentioning that the trials of Dakota prisoners are almost over and that the army has decided to move the remaining detainees to Fort Snelling.
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