Minnesota's third military post, was established in 1853 to defend the frontier and to watch over the Sioux who had been moved to the Minnesota Valley two years earlier." The boys had been camping and sledding here in the winter with their Scout Troop but we had yet to visit the fort. The fort was the location of two battles in the Dakota Conflict. While we may never understand completely the Dakota reasons for war I think we can safely say they were a people pushed way beyond their limits and they felt they had no choice but to fight for their children, their future and their very lives. I think it also safe to say the views I held about Westward expansion, frontiers, pioneers, much of history, were/are biased.
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