German Pioneer Accounts of the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862

• By: Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Editor
• Format: Paper; 105 pgs; 5.5 x 8.5; photos; illustrations; maps; notes; bibliography; index
• Publisher: Little Miami Press
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• ISBN: 9780971365766

Eyewitness accounts written by two women who, as children, witnessed horrific experiences during this tragic period of history.

Eyewitness accounts written by Mary Schwandt-Schmidt and Wilhelmina “Minnie” Bruce Carrigan, who lived to tell their stories, as well as those of their family, friends, and neighbors in Renville County, Minnesota. The index provides a wealth of names of the pioneers in the area. The editor comes from Renville County, where his German immigrant great-grandparents settled after the Civil War.