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This article in The Pioneer Daily Dispatch outlines an incident that occured while the Dakota were interned below Fort Snelling in the winter of 1862-1863. Stories of angry soldiers and citizens attacking or stealing items from the Dakota are found in articles, government records, and oral histories.
Source: Minnesota Historical Society archives.
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