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Held in Captivity during the 1862 Sioux outbreak near New Ulm
An 11 year old boy recalls 1859 moves from Mankato to a Morton area farm, daily contact with Sioux neighbors, and a violent 1862 encounter. He narrates warnings, a near ambush on the road, the ferry attack, rescue by Captain Marsh, and his family’s peril as they flee toward the fort, with scenes of loss, survival, and cautious flight through the Dakota frontier.
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Mankato
Old Fort Road
New Ulm
Autumo
Morton
Beaver Creek
Mike Hayden
John
Kilban
Christien
Morton T
Yat'ine
Indiana
Bluffs
Waitite
Marsh
Atrenge
Farrbanlt
Tonakist
Aster
Prairid Add
Faribault
Intarvale
Cape Marsh