A personal narrative of Paul Mazakootamane : a loyal Dakota, 1869 Mar. 1 / translated by S. R. Riggs for the Historical Society of Minnesota, March 31, 1869.

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A personal narrative of Paul Mazakootamane : a loyal Dakota, 1869 Mar. 1 / translated by S. R. Riggs for the Historical Society of Minnesota, March 31, 1869.

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Account by Little Paul (also known as Mazakootamane or Mazakutemani), a Christian Dakota, of his participation in the return of the Spirit Lake (Iowa) massacre captives and the release of the white captives at Camp Release (Minn.). Both the Dakota-language original (32 pp.) and Riggs' translation (19 leaves) are present.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Stephen Return Riggs, a Presebyterian missionary, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on March 23, 1812, the son of Stephen and Anne (Baird) Riggs. He studied at Jefferson College and the Western Theological Seminary in 1833 and 1834, and he was licensed to preach in 1836. He came to what is now Minnesota under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1837, settling first at Lake Harriet (in what is now Minneapolis). Later he was sent to th...