DAKOTA WAR Ep. 5 | “Judgment Day”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Dakota War is done, but the conflict isn’t finished. Colonel Henry Sibley convenes a military commission to pass judgment on 400 Dakota warriors. The commission performs hasty trials and sentences an historic number of warriors to death. President Abraham Lincoln intervenes on behalf of some of the condemned, but the year 1862 still ends with the largest mass execution in American history. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.3	and conditions apply. For a month in 1862, from late August to late September, the Dakota War ravaged southern Minnesota.
0:51.4	What began with four young Dakota warriors, killing five settlers at Acton Township,
0:57.2	spiraled into a full-scale conflict. The war was fueled by years of desperation after broken
1:03.2	treaties and corrupt practices by the traders who controlled the supplies at the Upper Sioux
1:08.4	Agency and the Lower Sioux Agency in southwestern Minnesota.
1:12.9	From the initial attacks on the Lower Sioux Agency to the fierce battles at New Ulm and Fort Ridgely,
1:19.6	the war left a trail of bloodshed and destruction. White settlers and U.S. Army forces in the area
1:26.3	had been completely caught off guard by the suddenness, the speed, and the ferocity of the attacks.
1:32.3	After a month of fighting, the Dakota had caused an immense amount of damage, but they had not managed to gain control of key places in the region.
1:41.3	Meanwhile, the army banded together with local militias and volunteers to
1:46.9	reinforce some of the key places that had not fallen. Most importantly, Fort Ridgely.
1:53.1	Colonel Henry Sibley led the U.S. forces, and they were finally able to turn the tide of the war
1:58.6	at the Battle of Wood Lake. Sibley's disciplined troops and superior firepower overwhelmed the Dakota warriors,
2:06.6	and the battle became the final clash of the war.
2:09.6	Despite the Dakota's resilience, their hope of reclaiming their land was crushed.
2:15.6	One of the central Dakota leaders, Little Crow, fled into exile
2:20.1	with some of his followers. He tried to find sanctuary with other tribal groups of the Sioux
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