A faithful servant, 1933 / by M. P. Satterlee.

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A faithful servant, 1933 / by M. P. Satterlee.

Handwritten account of the August 14, 1862 meeting between Philander Prescott, Redwood Indian Agency interpreter; Thomas J. Galbraith, agent; several Dakota Indians; and three white traders concerning the sale of supplies to the Indians prior to the arrival of their overdue annuity money. Prescott was killed at the agency during the Dakota Conflict. Submitted for a Minnesota Tourism Bureau contest in 1933.

4 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314240

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Wood Agency

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Prescott, Philander, 1801-1862

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Prescott was born (September 17, 1801) in Phelpstown, New York, the son of Joel and Lucy (Reed) Prescott. He joined his brother Zachariah in Detroit in 1820; arrived later that year at Camp New Hope (Fort Snelling, Minn.); married (1823) the daughter of a Dakota chief; engaged in the fur trade with the American and Columbia fur trading companies and in partnership with Alexis Bailly; was associated with Lawrence Taliaferro's Eatonville agricultural colony for the Indians; was an int...

Minnesota. Tourism Bureau.

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Satterlee, Marion P.

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Marion P. Satterlee was a historian of the 1862 Dakota War. His father, Reverend William W. Satterlee, was a professor at Grant University in Athens, Tennessee (later Tennessee Wesleyan College), and a leader of the Prohibition Party in Minnesota. From the guide to the Marion P. and William W. Satterlee papers., 1878-1937., (Minnesota Historical Society) ...

Galbraith, Thomas J.

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