July 23,1851 
               First treaty ceding land to U.S.

Spring 1857 
               Inkpaduta (Spirit Lake Massacre) 
July 1858 
               2nd Treaty (reservation size cut in 1/2)
August 4, 1862 
                5,000 Sioux storm Upper Agency warehouse. 
August 17 
                Four Indians murder five persons at Acton
                to spark Sioux Uprising. 
August 18 
                Lower Agency and wharehouse plundered. 
                Troops ambushd  at Redwood Ferry. 

August 19 
                Indians argue whether to attack Fort Ridgley 
                or New Ulm. 100 warriors fired on New Ulm. 
                 Evacuation from Upper Agency. 

August 20 
               Little Crow, 400 warriors hit Fort Ridgely. 
               The log house/hospital row
               Surgeon's quarters/ headquarters 
               Officers quarters
               Stone Barracks
                14 are  massacred at Lake Shetek. 
               Mrs. Eastlick and others left for dead 
               Indians attack Koch Cabin 
                The upper Agency is  destroyed. 
August 21 
                Heavy Rains. 
August 22 
                800 Sioux attack Ridgely with 180 defenders; 
                cannon repulse attacks. 
August 23 
                Flandrau's 250 citizen - soldiers fight off 600 
                Indians at New Ulm. 

August 24 
                Indians withdraw from New Ulm. 
August 25 
                2000 refugees move to Mankato. 

September 1 
                 Captain Grant's burial detachment ambushed 
                 at   Birch Coulee. 
September 2 
                A Party of soldiers and settlers sent from Sibley's 
                camp to bury  the dead and ambushed 
                 as they bivouac for the night  at Birch  Coulee. 
                The battle lasted 31 hours. 
September 3 
                A company of soldiers en route form Forest 
                City  to  Glencoe to protect Meeker 
                County  citizens  meet a force led by Little Crow 
                at Hope Lake.  The company commander, 
                Captia  Richard Strout, and his men engaged in 
                 hand to hand combat 
September 7 
                Little Crow's Message to Sibley. 
September 23 
                Little Crow ambush of Sibley's forces fails at 
               Battle of  Wood Lake. 
September 26 
                269 prisoners released at Camp Release 
                 near  Montevideo. 
December 26 
                38 Indians hung at Mankato. 
July 23,1863 
                Little Crow Shot. 
July 24, 1863 
               Battle of Big Mound
July 26, 1863 
               Dead Buffalo Lake
September 28, 1862 
               Military commission trial of participants
Dec 28, 1890 
              Battle of Wounded Knee 
 
 
 

Upper Agency 
Lac qui Parle  Mission Historic Site
Joseph R. Brown House
 
 
 

Acton Monument 
 

Lower Agency Museum 
Redwood Ferry Monument
Marsh Monument
 

Schwandt Monument
Pioneer Monuments
 

Fort Ridgley Museum
Fort Ridgely Monument 
Fort Ridgely Cemetery Monuments
Muller Monument at Fort Ridgely Cemetery
Loyal Chippewa Monument at Fort Ridgely Cemetery
Red Rock Trading Post
 
 
 
 

Milford Monument 

Defenders Monument New Ulm 
 
 

Lake Shetek Monuments 
Henderson Monument 
Earl Monument 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Birch Coulee Tablets 
Birch Coulee Battlefield Monument near Morton 
Faithful Indians Monument neat Morton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 First Minnesota Infantry