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This Day in Minnesota History

July 3, 1839

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Dakota and Ojibwe warriors engage in two battles: one in present-day Stillwater in an area called Battle Hollow, the other at the mouth of the Rum River in Anoka. The Dakota attacks kill about 100 Ojibwe people, and during the next month the Dakota hold celebratory dances at Bde Maka Ska.

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