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Sioux War and Bold Female Rescue From Well
The St. Louis Republican reports an Indian conflict between Sioux and Chippewa tribes near Fort Snelling and St Croix with heavy casualties among Chippewas, while a brave Tioga woman Frances Catlin saves her brother from a thirty foot well. Nearby, two Simpson county post offices lose opposition papers per the Post Master General.
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St. Louis
Fort Snelling
St. Croix
Falls of
St Anthony
Lake Calhoun
Falls
St. Anthony
Rum River
Big Thunder
Messrs. Aitkins
Mcreod
Hale-in
Big Hail
Washington
Frances Catlin
Tioga
Frances
Owego Gazette
Brandon