Over the Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising of 1862 by Duane Schultz
1862. The Civil War was in full swing. Troops from the northern states were shipping south. It was late summer and crops were ripening, but the Sioux in Minnesota were starving.
Forced onto small reservations where the game had been depleted, this hunting society was no longer able to feed itself. The government had promised money to the tribes in return for the lands they had given up, but the payments were late. With no money, they could not buy the food they needed to survive.
In Minnesota, white settlers had lived side-by-side with the Sioux for years, and many considered them friends. They did not realize that many of the Sioux were seething with resentment and hatred of the way in which their people had been treated.
Finally, the Sioux had enough. A chance murder set hundreds of Sioux on the war path. Led by chiefs Little Crow, Red Middle Voice and Shakopee, Sioux warriors raided the countryside, slaughtering hundreds of settlers - men, women and children.
Many died; some were captured, others miraculously escaped after surviving horrors that killed those around them.
To read more, you can find the book on WPL's second floor with the number 973.7 SCH.
c Waterloo Public Library 2006
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