[jonestown]

There were thousands of settlers in southern Minnesota at the time, [my great grandparents among them], and most never even saw a warparty.
Certainly, dozens of whites were killed, [in southern Minnesota] and hundreds were captives, but most of the action was limited to the [upper] Minnesota river valley. [which I consider is in the western part of the State]

More than 500 Americans died. 60 Dakota Souix died in the fighting that lasted 37 days.

Yes, it was probably our biggest indian uprising.
-- But the the fact remains, it is hyped up BS that:
"Within a week almost every farm cabin and settlment in southern Minnesota was wiped out and most inhabitants murdered with devilish barbarities. --

" I'd say that 500 if a goodly bit from a few dozen as well.

Yep, 400 confirmed deaths in all of Minnesota [ best count by Satterlee, a historian of the day] is still a goodly bit.
But the 'southern wipe out' is BS.

[Ditto]

But the 'southern wipe out' is BS.

That's fair. But don't minimize what it was either. I sure as hell wouldn't have wanted to be some woman with a couple of kids out on an isolated farm while the husband was off with the Union Army in Virginia. It was a tramatic time for those people.