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The Dakota Conflict Trials

The Sioux Nation
Big Eagle's Account
Little Crow~Taoyateduta
Reverend Henry B. Whipple, Bishop of Minnesota
Colonel Henry H. Sibley
Reverend Stephen R. Riggs
Case 1: Godfrey (O-ta-kle)
Excerpts by Isaac Heard Testimony
The Executions
Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple
Lincoln's Order of December 6, 1862
In Their Own Words
LETTER FROM GENERAL POPE
LETTER FROM BISHOP WHIPPLE
ADDRESS TO CONDEMNED PRISONERS BEFORE THEIR EXECUTIONS
STATEMENT OF TAZOO AT THE TIME OF HIS EXECUTION
LETTER OF HDAINYANKA WRITTEN SHORTLY BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
LETTER FROM REV. THOMAS WILLIAMSON TO REV. STEPHEN RIGGS
LETTER FROM COL. HENRY SIBLEY
LETTER FROM REV. STEPHEN RIGGS
GEORGE CROOK'S (WAKANAJAJA'S) ACCOUNT OF JOURNEY TO PRISON CAMP
CALL OF JACOB NIX, COMMANDANT OF NEW ULM, FOR DAKOTA BLOOD
Otakle (Godfrey) Narrative
Hdainyanka (or Rdainyanka)
White Dog (Shoonkaska)
John Other Day
Members of the Military Commission Appointed to Try Dakota and Mixed-Bloods
Case 2: Te-he-hdo-ne-cha
Case 3: We-chank-wash-to-do-pee
Case 4: Tazoo
Case 7: Ta-ham-pu-hida
Case 178: Na-pay-shne
Alexander Goodthunder and his wife Snana
Aftermath of Hangings~Trophy Hunters

The Sioux Nation

Big Eagle's Account

Little Crow~Taoyateduta

Reverend Henry B. Whipple, Bishop of Minnesota

Colonel Henry H. Sibley

Reverend Stephen R. Riggs

Case 1: Godfrey (O-ta-kle)

Excerpts by Isaac Heard Testimony

The Executions

Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple

Lincoln's Order of December 6, 1862

In Their Own Words

LETTER FROM GENERAL POPE

LETTER FROM BISHOP WHIPPLE

ADDRESS TO CONDEMNED PRISONERS BEFORE THEIR EXECUTIONS

STATEMENT OF TAZOO AT THE TIME OF HIS EXECUTION

LETTER OF HDAINYANKA WRITTEN SHORTLY BEFORE HIS EXECUTION

LETTER FROM REV. THOMAS WILLIAMSON TO REV. STEPHEN RIGGS

LETTER FROM COL. HENRY SIBLEY

LETTER FROM REV. STEPHEN RIGGS

GEORGE CROOK'S (WAKANAJAJA'S) ACCOUNT OF JOURNEY TO PRISON CAMP

CALL OF JACOB NIX, COMMANDANT OF NEW ULM, FOR DAKOTA BLOOD

Otakle (Godfrey) Narrative

Hdainyanka (or Rdainyanka)

White Dog (Shoonkaska)

John Other Day

Members of the Military Commission Appointed to Try Dakota and Mixed-Bloods

Case 2: Te-he-hdo-ne-cha

Case 3: We-chank-wash-to-do-pee

Case 4: Tazoo

Case 7: Ta-ham-pu-hida

Case 178: Na-pay-shne

Alexander Goodthunder and his wife Snana

Aftermath of Hangings~Trophy Hunters