[nkycincinnatikid]

On 17 August 1862 a party of Indians, being refused food at a settlers cabin, massacred them and fled to the camp of Little Crow, where a general massacre of all the whites and Christian Indians was resolved upon. Within a week almost every farm cabin and settlment in southern Minnesota was wiped out and most inhabitants murdered with devilish barbarities. Attacks were made under Little Crow upon Ft Ridgely and New Ulm, both attacks were finally repulsed. Most of the hostiles then surrendered, three hundred of the prisoners were condemned to death by court martial, but the number was reduced by President Lincoln to thirty eight , who were hanged at Mankato 26 December 1862. Do you mean that mass execution?

[A Jovial Cad]

Something like that, except that bushy old boy can't be bothered with such exacting things as facts if they at all get in the way of his hazy nostalgia for the "Lost Cause."

He and his tiny crew of America Lincoln-haters spend a good deal of time doing just that--distorting facts, catering to base falsehoods, smearing those who preserved our wonderful nation for future generations, and just out-an-out making stuff up (they've been caught repeatedly at it).

You should check out some of their threads sometime, if you haven't already. You'd be amazed at the level of hatred they express for their country, the United States of America, and the men who preserved it at times...

[jonestown]

" --- Within a week almost every farm cabin and settlment in southern Minnesota was wiped out and most inhabitants murdered with devilish barbarities. -- "

25 Cinci kid

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Your source is flawed... 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, and hundreds were captives, but most of the action was limited to the Minnesota river valley.