Little War on the Prairie (Seeing White, Part 5)
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The Battle of the Acton Farm
Dakota warriors led by Little Crow started their assault at the federal outpost that sat on their land, the Lower Sioux Agency. Some Dakota killed every settler they saw; others killed only the men and took women and children captive. Historian Mary Wingard says for a hundred years or more, Minnesotans heard a one-sided tale of savage Indians attacking innocent whites out of the blue. Now most historians blame the war mainly on white double-dealing and bullying.
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