The Riggs missionary party, 1916 Feb. 9 / by M.P. Satterlee.

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The Riggs missionary party, 1916 Feb. 9 / by M.P. Satterlee.

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Typescript describing the August 18, 1862, flight of Riggs and his associates from the Hazelwood Mission, located six miles up the Minnesota River from the Yellow Medicine Agency during the Dakota Conflict. Includes a postcard copy of a photograph, supposedly taken by a member of the party during their flight.

2 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314244

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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) ...

Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883

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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...