Event
Minnesota bounties and punitive expeditions, 1863
Minnesota put bounties of $25 to $200 on Dakota scalps and sent expeditions into Dakota Territory in 1863.
- Dates
- 1863
Connections 2
interventions
- Alexander Ramsey 1863 Scholarship & press 1
part of
- U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Scholarship & press 1
Timeline 2 dates
- 1863 Minnesota bounties and punitive expeditions, 1863
- 1863 Alexander Ramsey intervened in Minnesota bounties and punitive expeditions, 1863
Proof 1 source
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Timeline, U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota Historical Society.
Scholarship & press
Governor Alexander Ramsey orders punitive expeditions into Dakota Territory to hunt down Dakota people.
The state of Minnesota places bounties—ranging from $25 to $200—on the scalps of Dakota people.
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