German Pioneer Accounts of the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862

SKU: 768

Amazing eyewitness accounts written by two women who, as children, suffered and witnessed horrific experiences during this tragic period of our history. Mary Schwandt-Schmidt and Wilhelmina “Minnie” Bruce Carrigan lived to tell their stories, as well as those of their family, friends, and neighbors in Renville County, Minnesota. An immediate result of the uprising was the flight of nearly 40,000 people from their homes. This uprising resulted in the loss of at least 800 lives. The index provides a wealth of names of the pioneers in the area. The editor hails from Renville County, where his German immigrant great-grandparents settled after the Civil War.

Author/Editor: Don Heinrich Tolzmann

bookData: Paper; xiv, 105 pages; 5.5 x 8.5; photos; illustrations; maps; notes; bibliography; index

isbn: 978-0-971365-76-6

reprintDate: 2002

Price: $15.95