Little Crow and the Minnesota Uprising of 1862
The narrative recounts the 1862 Dakota War beginning with Little Crow’s push to reclaim land after broken treaties and delayed annuities. It details the August 17 deadly ambush at the Baker and Jones homes, the assault on Fort Ridgely, the ensuing massacres of whites across settlements, and the defense led by Captain Marsh and veteran artilleryman Sergeant Jones at the fort.
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Sibley Leads Minnesota Sioux Campaign and Fall of Wood Lake
Col Henry H. Sibley takes command of 1 400 volunteers to quell the Sioux uprising after the Minnesota massacres. He reaches Fort Ridgely on August 28 and later defeats the Sioux at Wood Lake on September 23. Lincoln commutes many executions while 39 men are hanged on December 25. Little Crow flees, later killed near Hutchinson by a settler party.
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Little Crow
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Roosevelt Faces Congress as Supreme Court Clash Looms
Washington observes a tense start to 1940 with Democrats wary of insurgent moves and the Roosevelts aiming at court reform or a constitutional amendment. Rumors swirl around Brain Trust influence and the Lehman Earle dispute, signaling a volatile year in shaping New Deal policy.
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Herbert H. Lehman
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Herbert C. Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
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Sky Dog Team to Lift 2000 Balloons in Stratosphere bid
Jean Piccard proposes a novel ascent using 2,000 small rubber balloons to lift an air tight gondola to the stratosphere for scientific observations. An initial test with eighty balloons will precede the full sky dog team plan, likened to a driver guiding many dogs.
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Assoiation For the Advancement of Science
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American Lite Sophical Society
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France
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Fear of Dead Blamed for Babel of Indian Languages
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. John P. Harrington argues that fear of the dead caused tribes to avoid whispering names. He notes many Indians created new or altered names after deaths, contributing to a babel of over 100 distinct languages and dialects.
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John P. Harrington
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Laws Now Bar Child Marriage in 39 States
A United States children's bureau survey shows the legal minimum marriage age for girls in forty states and the District of Columbia now exceeds the common law age. In most states the minimum is between fourteen and sixteen for girls, and sixteen to eighteen for boys. States cited include Colorado Florida Idaho Maryland Mississippi New Jersey Rhode Island Tennessee and Washington.
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Maryland
Mississippi
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Tennessee
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