President Lincoln and the Sioux Indian uprising in Minnesota in 1862

[Larry Mansch]

The Dakota Trials Homepage is excellent with quite a bit of information that might not easily be found elsewhere - at least in one place. And I think I will contact Scott Berg and ask him a few questions. Just outside of my hometown of Slayton, Minnesota there is a state park that features a couple cabins where settlers lived, and a monument to those who were killed in the uprising. The area is known as "Slaughter Slough." One settler who survived (but lost his wife and family) was given the "honor" of releasing the mechanism that sprung the trap door at the mass hanging in Mankato. A brand new historic marker went up two years ago at Slaughter Slough on the 150th anniversary of the uprising. Thanks, everyone.