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Alexander Ramsey

Governor of Minnesota in 1862 and 1863.

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  1. Nov 1862 Alexander Ramsey intervened in Removal and internment of the Dakota, 1862 to 1863
  2. 1863 Alexander Ramsey intervened in Minnesota bounties and punitive expeditions, 1863
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  1. Timeline, U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota Historical Society. Scholarship & press
    Minnesota Governor Alexander Ramsey declares that “the Sioux Indians of Minnesota must be exterminated or driven forever beyond the borders of the state.”
    Governor Alexander Ramsey orders punitive expeditions into Dakota Territory to hunt down Dakota people.
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