One of the few photographs taken during the uprising, this poignant photo is of the Missionary Party of about 35 escaping from the Dakota on August 19. They were led by Stephen R. Riggs, who was a long-time missionary to the Dakota. The party was one of two large groups who escaped and made it to safety. Rigg's group was from an area 5-6 miles north of the Upper Sioux Agency called the Hazelwood Mission. (Hazelwood Republic was the name of a band of Christian Dakota organized by Riggs to promote their well-being.) Most of the party were missionaries and their families, and some were government employees from the sawmill near the Upper Sioux Agency.
The photograph was taken with a stereoscopic camera on August 21 by Adrian J. Ebell, a member of the party, and was published by Joel E. Whitney of St. Paul, who had provided supplies to Ebell. The photo depicts the escapees eating and resting after they had killed one of their cows. They were traveling in extremely hostile territory and were in perilous danger of being overtaken by a war party. When the party split up on August 25, some went on to Henderson and others to St. Peter. They had traveled over 100 miles and felt their survival was miraculous.
Curtis Dahlin in his book, "The Dakota Uprising - A Pictorial History," has identified the people in the photograph on pages 190-193 and gives more detail on the escape on pages 187-189.
Photo courtesy of Corinne L. Marz
List of Refugees at Fort Ridgely
Taken from a list in Marion Satterlee’s
“Outbreak and Massacre by the Dakota Indians in Minnesota in 1862”
(Used with the permission of Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Editor)
Anderson, John, aged 49, home at West Newton.
Bell, Elizabeth, 38 yrs, home at Kasota, husband Chas. R., soldier, killed at Redwood Ferry battle. Her children: Girls M. C. 16. S. M. 14; boy B. M. 12: girls M. E. 8, E. 6; boy C. R. 4; girl M. F. 2 yrs.
Buehro, N, 33, home near fort, wife Anna 30, children daughter W. 5, infant E. year old.
Buehro, A, 32, wife of John killed in Birch Coule twp. H. Buehro, boy, 13 months old.
Betzel. v., aged 19, employed at Agency mess house.
Brunelle, Edward, 35, home at Redwood.
Buhrman, Baptiste 45 yrs. Lower Agency. Wife Susan aged 32 years.
Boelter, Michael. 31 yrs. Middle Creek. Wife and three children killed.
Bjorkman, Petrus, 41 yrs, home St. Paul.
Brisbin, L. P., 47, home Lower Agency. Elizabeth 37, Antoine 10, Louis 8 and Margaret 6 yrs.
Boelter, Julius, 6 months, son of John killed at Middle Creek home.
Comro, J., 37, home LaCroix Creek. Wife May 32 yrs, son W. 6, dtr L. 3. F. an infant.
Chassie, John, 46. R. wife 42, home Beaver Creek.
Clausen, Mrs. Charles, 57, Birch Coulie, husband and son Frederick killed; son John, 28, with her.
Clock, C. 25, Agency mess house employee.
Kochendorfer, John, 11, sisters R. 9, K. 7, M. 5.
Krause, T. 32. Sacred Heart. Family prisoners.
Krieger, (Properly Lehn]. Gottlieb, 11, John 9, Sacred Heart. Stepsons of Fredrick Krieger.
Klaron, Peter, 29, 3 miles below Agency.
Lettou, Ann, 42, wife of John killed at the Middle Creek home; sons F. 12, A. 10, August 5, W. an infant.
Lenz, Ernest, 45, Middle Creek, wife W. 42, dtr A 11 dtr L. 6, son H. 1 yr.
Lenz, T., 45, Middle Creek, wife F. 43 years.
Levant, A., 11 years, Beaver Creek.
LaFrambois, Wm.,13, 4 miles above Redwood. Justine 13, Eliza 7 years.
LaCroix, Louis, 55, LaCroix Creek, Rosette 25, Louis 12, L. 10, Spencer 8, Adrienne 7, Olivia infant.
Laffinmaker, 60, West Newton, Charles 40, Hannah 12, Laura 12.
McAllister, Juliette, 23, soldier husband Henry killed at Ferry battle, girls E. A. 6, L., 3 years.
McConnell, Ellen, 70, LaCroix Creek; Doren 40, and Joseph 25 years.
Magner, John, 35, 4 miles below Agency; wife Nancy 32, James 15, Ann 13, Thomas 12, David 9, Ellen 7. Catherine 4
Magner. Julia, 36, wife of Edward killed at home, four miles below Agency; Margaret 16, James 14, Ellen 9, Mary 5, Patrick 3, David 1 year.
Machansky, Mary, 28, near fort, M. 7, Joe 5, Anthony four months.
Martelle, Oliver, 43, Lower Agency; wife M. 24 yrs.
Mannweiler, C. 23, Middle Creek, wife Gottlieb, killed.
Meyer, John J., 35, Beaver Creek; wife and three children taken prisoners.
Nairn, John, 33, Agency, wife M. 34. dtr C. 10, son J. 6, dtr M. R. 3, son M. J. infant.
O'Thoy, Dennis, 27, 4 miles above West Newton.
Parsley, R. A., 22, soldier husband John, killed at the ferry battle. M. E. an infant
Perry, Geo. 37, LaCroix Creek; wife Salley 34, dtrs C. 14, M. 12, Emily 4, Mary 3, Martha, infant; son George 6.
Peterson, Alex., 27, below Agency; wife Julia 22, son P. 3, dtr J. infant
Pereau, E., 33, LaCroix Creek, wife of Peter, killed at the home. Dtrs J. 12, M. 9, F. 5; sons 4. 10, Geo 8.
Piquar, Elizabeth, 22, LaCroix Creek, husband Eusebius, killed. Sons Eusebius 6, C. 1 year.
Reynolds, J. H. 43, Redwood; wife Valencia J. 35 years
Robinson, John, 51, James 45, West Newton
Reyff, Emanuel 12, Mary 10, Middle Creek.
Robert, Louis, 51. Agency Trader.
Reed, George, 28, St. Paul.
Roseyuse, ------26, Yellow Med.; wife taken prisoner.
Sloan, Catherine, 20, Chatfield.
Schilling, E. 16, girl, Fort Ridgely.
Schmal, J. 45, Ft. Ridgely; wife R. 35, dtrs J. 7, M. 6, S. 4; sons A. 3, H. 18 months
Smith, Ellen, 38, moving to Birch Coulie, her husband Thomas killed; Millard 12, John 10. Mary E. 5.
Sier, B. 52, Faribault.
Samson, Anna, 34, moving, Ole husb’d killed; Sam inf’t
Smith, H. 38, wife S. N. 37, Agency, dtr N. C. 12
Stafford, Augustus, 42, West Newton.
Sene, Peter, 35, 8 miles above Redwood.
Sherou, Louis, 40, 4 miles above Redwood, wife Jane 41, dtr Winona 17, sons Frank 3, Louis 2 years.
Schlumberger, Christ., 26, 3 miles above fort.
Thompson, Jones, 57, Redwood.
Whipple, J. C., 39, Faribault.
West, Emily J., 52, Agency.
Witt, Carl 45, LaCroix Creek, wife killed, dtrs L. 9, M. 4, sons Wm. 14, C 7, A. 1 year
Yess, Michael, 45, wife C. 48 Sacred Heart Crk, August 14 years. Henrietta 3 yrs taken prisoner.
Zimmermann, Mary 44, blind. Beaver Creek; dts M, 17 Elizabeth 14; Sam 7. John, husband, and sons John and Gottlieb killed at LaCroix Creek.
Prisoners Surrendered at Camp Release, Friday, September 26, 1862
Taken from a list in Marion Satterlee’s
“Outbreak and Massacre by the Dakota Indians in Minnesota in 1862”
(Used with the permission of Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Editor)
1 Adams, Mrs. Hattie (John), captured near Hutchinson.
2 Brown, Mrs. Angus, captured with the Joseph R. Brown family.
3 Busse, Wilhelmina, daughter of Gotttried, captured at Middle Creek, aged 12 years.
4 Busse, Amelia, sister to above aged 7 years.
5 Busse, August, brother aged 14 years.
6 Burns, Mrs. Sarah, captured at Lower Agency.
7 " child of above.
8 " same
9 " same
10 Butler. M. A. No information.
11 Buhrman, Tobet, aged 18 years, captured at Lower Agency—probably daughter of Baptiste.
12 Carrothers, Mrs. David, captured at Beaver Creek.
13 Infant of above.
14 Clausen, Martha, Mrs. Fredrick, Captured near Birch Coulie.
15 Infant daughter of above.
16 Same.
17 Cardenelle, Mrs. Margaret, captured at Birch Coulie.
18 Child of same.
19 Consalle, Nancy, 8 years old, captured at Lower Agency
20 Consalle, Philomena, 4 years, sister to above.
21 Earle, Mrs. J. W. Earle, at Beaver Creek.
22 " Julia, 13 years, daughter.
23 " Elmira, 7 years, daughter.
24 Eisenreich. Mrs. Balthasar, at Beaver Creek.
25 " Peter.
26 “ Sophie.
27 " Mary.
28 " Joseph.
29 Frass, Justina. wife of August, at Sacred Heart.
30 " child.
31 " child.
32 Gluth, August, 14 years. No information.
33 Huggins, Sophia J., wife of Amos W., captured at Lac qui Parle.
34 Huggins, Charles.
35 " Lettie, infant.
36 Inefeldt, Minnie, wife of Wm., Beaver twp.
37 " Infant.
38 Ingalls. Amanda, dtr J. H., aged 14, captured with Brown family.
39 Ingalls, Jennie, aged 12, sister.
40 Juni, Benedict, Jr., aged 14, La Croix Creek.
41 Kitzman, Louis, aged 14, son of Paul, captured at Sacred Heart.
42 Krieger, Henrietta, aged 3, daughter of Fredrick, captured at Sacred Heart.
43 Koch, Mrs. Augusta, wife of Andrew, captured at Lake Shetek.
44 Krause, Dorothea, wife of T., at Sacred Heart.
45 " child.
46 " child.
47 " Pauline, sister of T. Krause.
48 Laramie, Mrs. Mary, captured at Sacred Heart.
49 " Louisa, 18 years.
50 " Edward, 15 years.
51 Lammers, Mrs. Sophia, wife of William, captured at Sacred Heart.
52 Lammers, Fred, 7 years.
53 " Charles, an infant.
54 Lenz, Aufrusta, daughter of Ernest, captured at Middle Creek.
55 Launt, Mrs. Susie, captured at Lower Agency.
56 " child of above.
57 LaBlaugh, Mrs. Antoine, at Lower Agency.
58 “ child.
59 " child.
60 Lange, Mrs. Amelia, probably Middle Creek.
61 " Child.
62 " Child.
63 LaBelle, Louis, near Upper Agency.
64 McLane, Mrs. Rosalie, at Upper Agency.
65 " child.
66 " child.
67 Nichols, Henrietta, aged 12. No information.
68 Patterson, Mrs. Mary, near Madelia.
69 " Antoine.
70 " Peter.
71 Piquar, Elizabeth, young daughter of Eusebius, at Birch Coulie,
72 Record, Elizabeth, 3 years, niece Mrs. Cardenelle.
73 Roseyuse, Mrs., at Upper Agency.
74 Renville, Mrs. J., wife of a mixed-blood.
75 Rousseau, Peter, Upper Agency.
76 Rouilliard, Peter, Upper Agency,
77 Schmidt, Minnie, 4 years, at Middle Creek. Died at Fort Ridgely in a few days.
78 Schwandt, Mary E., near Fort Ridgely with the Patoille party. Home Middle Creek.
79 Spencer, George, at Lower Agency.
80 Thompson, George, 18 years, Lower Agency.
81 Urban, Mrs. John, at Sacred Heart.
82 " Ernestine.
83 " Rose
84 " Louise.
85 " Albert.
86 Valiant, Mrs. Harriet, at Lower Agency.
87 " child.
88 “ child.
89 Vanasse, Mrs. Matilda, near Fort Ridgely.
90 " child.
91 “ child.
92 Williams, Miss Mattie, with Patoille party.
93 Woodbury, Mrs. Mary, at Lower Agency.
94 “ child.
95 “ child.
96 “ child.
97 " child.
98 Wright, John, 3 years old, at Lake Shetek.
99 Wakefield, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Dr. J. B., Upper Agency physician, captured near Redwood river.
100 Wakefield, James, 6 years old.
101 “ Nellie, infant.
102 White, Urania S., wife of N. D., Beaver Creek.
103 " Julia, aged 14 years.
104 " Frank, infant.
105 Wohler, Frances, wife of Leopold, Brown family.
106 Wilson, Eunice, 18 years. Lower Agency.
107 Yess, Henrietta, 3 years, daughter of Michael, at Sacred Heart Creek.
In addition to the above there were 162 mixed-bloods whom the hostiles claimed as captives. Tonwan-ite-ton (Face of the village), baptized as Lorenzo Lawrence, secretly took from the camp Mrs. J. W. DeCamp and her two children and took them to Fort, by canoe. On the way he picked up Mrs. Magloire Robideaux, and five children, mixed-bloods who escaped from the hostile camp. Anawang-mani(Hobbles along), baptized as Simon, took a Mrs. Neuman and her three children to the fort from the hostile camp, in his cart. Mrs. Wm. L. Quinn, and her children Ellen, William and Thomas, her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffries, Mrs. Philander Prescott and daughter Julia, all mixed-bloods, escaped during the Wood Lake battle and got to the fort safely.
Please note that providing a comprehensive list is impossible to do. These lists represent the most complete listing available at that time. Satterlee took his List of Refugees at Fort Ridgely from the Report of the Adjutant General and corrected names, especially as to spelling and location. He goes on to say, “Why other persons known to have been present, are not named, we cannot understand.”
INDEX OF MASSACRE VICTIMS
LIST OF PERSONS KILLED
(For 77 Enlisted soldier victims see State records.)
Taken from a list in Marion Satterlee’s
“Outbreak and Massacre by the Dakota Indians in Minnesota in 1862”
(Used with the permission of Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Editor)
Austin, Andrew
Anderson, Mary
Adams, infant
Armstrong, John
Apfelbaum brothers
Axe, Johannes
Backlund. Sven H.
Baker, Howard
Battins, Charles
Bennett, James
Belland, Joseph
Belzer,-----
Boelter, Gottlieb, fam.
Boelter, John, family
Boelter, Michael, fam.
Bosche, Henry
Busse, Gottfried fam.
Bluem, family
Broberg, Dan'l, family
Broberg, Ander, family
Broberg, Johannes
Brown, family
Brook, Thomas
Buehro, John
Blair, Charles
Carrothers. children
Carroll, Wm. B.
Carlson, Carl J.
Cant, A. S.
Constans, Louis
Clausen, Frederick
Clausen, Charles
Cross, Daniel
Davis, Thos. J.
Davies, LeGrande
Deck, Phillip
DeCamp, J. W.
Dickinson, Lathrop
“ J. C.
Divoll, Geo. W.
Diederich, A.
Drexler, Benedict
Duley, Wm. children
Dubuque, Alexis
Dustin, family
Eastlick, family
Earle, Radnor
Ellingson, Gabriel
Edwards, James
Eisenreich, Balthasar
Endreson, Lars
Endreson, Endre
Evans, —
Everett, Wm. family
Foot, Silas
Fehrenbach, Martin
Frass, John
" August family
"Fritz"
Fohre, Ole
Fink, family
Fenske, Julius
Gleason, Geo. H.
Gluth, John
Gerboth, Frederick
Gilligan, and party
Guilbault, Peter
Grundman, Emiel fam.
Garvie, Stewart B.
Hayden, John
" Patrick
Hauf, family
Henderson, family
Humphrey, Dr. family
Haag, Max
Hartmann, Florian
Henle family
Howard, Mrs. Ruth
Heuyers, family
Heydrick, family
Hunter, Alexander
Howe, Linus
Hurd, Phineas B.
Haugan, Olof, family
Huggins, Amos W.
Horning, Aug. family
Inefeldt, William
Iverson, Johannes
Ireland, Thos. family
Ingalls. Jedidiah
Jones, William
Jones, R. and wife
Jewett Families
Jones, John S.
Jackson, Philetus
Jornevik, Lars and wfe
Jonason, Carl P.
Keck, Jacob
Koch, Andrew
Kelly, Patrick
Kaertner, Henry
Kochendorfer, family
Kitzman, Paul family
Krieger, Fred, and son
Lammers, William
Lamb, John
LaBathe, Francois
Lettou, John
Lynd, James W.
Lorentson, Andreas
Lundborg, family
Langeland, family
LeBlaugh, Antoine
Lamb, George
Lemon, DeWitt
" Almond
Loomis, Uriah
Laundre, -----
Loth, George
Lauer, Charles
Lindsay, James W.
McConnell, David
McClellan, Patrick
McGannon, James A.
Mayo, H. H.
Manderfield, Henry
“ Hillias
Mack,Chas. C.
Massipost family
Mauerle, Jacob
Mannweiler, Gottlieb
Martelle. Peter
Magner, Edward
Mey, Sebastian family
Merkle, Martin
Messmer Family
Meyer, John J., family
Millier, Hubert
Midstadt, Knut and wf
Mohr, Jonas
Myrick, And. J.
Nelson, Mrs. Chas.
Nierenz, August
Olson, Nels
Olson, Nels
“ , Ole
“ ,Tork
Pauly, Emilie
Pelzl, Jos. and wife
Patterson, and child
Peterson, -------
Palmer, Gilbert
“ , Ole
Patoille, Francois
Page, Joseph
Patnode, ---------
Peshette, Frank
Prescott, Philander
Pereau, Peter
Piquar, Eusebius
Ryder, -------
Root, Noble G.
Reyff, Eusebius family
Roessler, Frederick
Roessler, John family
Roland, Christian
Rohner, John
Riant, Thos. (or Ryan)
Russel, Edward
Ryan (or Scott)
Rieke, Heinrich
Ruchenelll, Augustus
Roesser, Geo. Family
Sonnenburg, William
Smith, Felix
Smith, Thomas
Samson, Ole and child
Sieg, John, family
Schulz, William
Siegel, William
Snell, Chas. W.
Steele, Edward D.
Schmidt, Wm. Family
Schwandt, Johann fam.
Seder, Rev. Christian
Schilling, A. and dtr
Stocker, Mrs. Joseph
Steinle, Adolph
Schneider, John
Schwarz family
Slaabaken, Mikel O.
Spaude, family
Sanborn, Caleb
Smith, Mrs. H.W.
Thilling and wife
Tollerson, Berger
Taylor, William
Thiele, Louis, family
Tomson, Jan
Tuttle, William
Tyler, Charles
Tille, family
Undermach, Uris
Van Eaton, James B.
Voigt, John
Vanosse, Onesime
Wagner, -------
Wagner, A.H.
Wilson, Clara D.
Webster, Viranus
White, Sam’l family
Witt, Mrs. Carl
Wedge, Jehiel
White, Eugene
Whiton, Elijah
Walz, John and wife
Wensinger, John
Wright, Edward M.
Young, Antoine
York, Frank
Zable, Gottlieb
Zeller family
Zettel, family
Zimmermann, family
Zitloff, families
Richardson, Eliphalet
Omitted by error: Robt. Jones, of Cambria; Therese Eggenhofer of Milford; Christian Richter of Courtland; Joseph Brosseau at Lower Agency; Andrew Bahlke of Birch Coulie.
Compiling a list of those killed is difficult. Thomas Galbraith, an Indian Agent, compiled a list of 737 names but said there were many other names he could not establish for sure. Satterlee’s list some fifty years later listed 413 names and was incomplete as county histories published additional names, and Lincoln’s estimate was 800 which some think was conservative. We expect that historians will come up with a new number during this commemoration year, but we may never know the exact number of those killed.
Carrie Reber Zeman has compiled a new list of Camp Release Captives and Fort Ridgely Regugees. They are found on the website of her new book, “A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity: Dispatches from the Dakota War of 1862” at this url: http://athrillingnarrative.com/
Here are the specific chapters:
•Dakota War Captives, Enumerated at Camp Release September 26, 1862: http://athrillingnarrative.com/captives-at-camp-release/list/
•Ridgely Refugees List: http://athrillingnarrative.com/captives-at-camp-release/fort-ridgely-lis
Benedict Juni, Jr.: The story of heroic young Benedict, taken hostage at age 14, is told on this site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnahgp/archives/brown/1882newulmbios.html and also at the findagrave memorial created by Cindy Coffin at: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85692672. He was the son of Benedict and Mary Juni who lived in the Beaver Falls Township.
This is a photo that Bill Cox took on August 18, 2010. Not very many know of this place, located on private property. This is the old roadbed that ascended Faribault Hill. The road from Ft. Ridgely to the Lower Agency ran along the top of the river bluff for eight or nine miles, then descended into the Minnesota River Valley at this point. The view of the photo looks up the hill. Magner's cabin was at the top of the hill, and David Faribault's cabin was at the bottom. Several from the agency (Humphrey, Hinman, West, Dickinson, etc.) and the settlements (Zimmerman, Juni, Hayden, et. al.) were fleeing up the hill, and Captain Marsh's command traveled down the hill. Nearby is the ravine where John A. Humphrey hid while his family was murdered.