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In the Battle of Birch Coulee, an engagement of the US–Dakota War, Dakota warriors surround a detachment of 160 soldiers and fight them for thirty hours. Casualties for the soldiers number ninety-eight before relief troops from Fort Ridgely arrive. Dakota losses are unknown.
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