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This Day in Minnesota History

November 11, 1865

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Sakpedan (Little Six) and Wakan Ozanzan (Medicine Bottle), leaders in the US-Dakota War of 1862, are executed at Fort Snelling. In December of 1863 they had been captured in Canada by Major Edwin A. C. Hatch, who had no authority to retain them, and returned to the United States for trial.

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First published: July 1, 2015
Last modified: November 11, 2024