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President Lincoln and the Sioux Indian uprising in Minnesota in 1862
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RE: President Lincoln and the Sioux Indian uprising in Minnesota in 1862
The Sioux probably got about the "fairest" treatment that could be expected for the time and the circumstances. Still, it isn't true that only 38 died and the rest lived and were set free. The Sioux were a sovereign nation fighting for their lives and most likely didn't discriminate between "innocent" white people and guilty ones. All white people were probably guilty in their view, rightly or wrongly.

Does "thou shalt not kill" mean there is no such thing as a just war?
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