President Lincoln and the Sioux Indian uprising in Minnesota in 1862

[L Verge]

I know that some of you will say that my next comments are just me continuing the Southern tradition of bad-mouthing Lincoln, but I do not intend it to be such. I feel that Mr. Lincoln had no qualms about executing at least some of the "rebelling" Sioux - just as he knew that the "rebelling" Southerners had to be defeated - no matter the cost. Scott's summary above says it better (and more kindly)than I, but I think that Mr. Lincoln's mindset on both the Indian situation and the Confederacy was perfectly normal for a man in his position of power and leadership.