
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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Source: Bill Cox, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60065864