Walking Pike Island: Part 2: Dakota Internment Camp and Aftermath of U.S. - Dakota War

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The mission of Elder Trekker is to encourage seniors to remain both physically and mentally active as they age. In this video, Elder Trekker visits Fort Snelling State Park to walk the trail around Pike Island. During this walk, Elder Trekker relates the story of Lieutenant Zebulon Pike and his expedition in 1805 and 1806 up the Mississippi River.

Fort Snelling State Park:
101 Snelling Lake Road
St. Paul, Minnesota

Elder Trekker is a non-commercial YouTube channel. It is not sponsored and does not contain any affiliate links. If you are interested in reading any of the resources listed below, check your local bookseller or library, or your favorite online bookseller.

Resources:
Mni Sota Makoce: the land of the Dakota. By Gwen Westerman and Bruce White

The Dakota War of 1862 by Kenneth Carley

The Dakota Indian Internment at Fort Snelling, 1862 - 1864 by Corinne L. Monjeau-Marz

Massacre in Minnesota by Gary Clayton Anderson

Dakota in Exile by Linda M. Clemmons

Through Dakota Eyes by Gary Clayton Anderson

Map Credits:
Trails maps created using Footpath Route Planner (iOS) by Half Mile Labs LLC.

Minnesota Rivers and Lakes, Maps of the USA, CC BY-SA 3.0

1862 Johnson Map of Minnesota and Dakota, Alvin Jewett Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

1862 Colton Pocket Map of the United States (Civil War), J. H. Colton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Map of Minnesota 1856, J. H. Young, Publisher: Charles Desilver, Courtesy of Minneapolis Institute of Art

Newspaper Credit:
Newspaper images are from the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub at the Minnesota Historical Society. Articles were retrieved from the Saint Paul Daily Press (1862) and the Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (1862).

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