Selasa, 17 Oktober 2017

New Ulm: Deadliest Indian Attack on a Western Town

A week into their 1862 uprising Dakota warriors assaulted the Minnesota town a second time, spawning a frenzy of flames and destruction. The battle was “one of the wildest scenes of frontier warfare” ever witnessed, said a participant. The town was engulfed in flames. Dakotas torched buildings in a tightening circle to drive the whites …

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