Project Gutenberg 2016-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 247 Connolly, A. P. (Alonzo P.) 1836 1915 Connolly, Alonzo P. Connolly, Alonzo Putnam 02016596 A Thrilling Narrative of the Minnesota Massacre and the Sioux War of 1862-63 Graphic Accounts of the Siege of Fort Ridgely, Battles of Birch Coolie, Wood Lake, Big Mound, Stony Lake, Dead Buffalo Lake and Missouri River Produced by WebRover, Tom Cosmas, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Thrilling Narrative of the Minnesota Massacre and the Sioux War of 1862-63" by A. P. Connolly is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers around the events of the Minnesota Massacre and the subsequent Sioux War, detailing the clashes between the Sioux tribes and white settlers during a tumultuous period of American history. The author aims to present a vivid recollection of these historical events from a personal and experiential perspective. At the start of the narrative, Connolly establishes a sense of urgency and excitement that prevailed in Minnesota during the Civil War era, describing the chaos and fear induced by the uprising of the Sioux Indians. He recounts the initial outbreak of violence, including the tragic story of individuals like Charles Nelson, who lost his family to the massacre. The narrative paints a backdrop of desperation as settlers attempted to flee and grasp the reality of the renewed hostilities, setting the stage for the detailed recounting of military engagements and the personal experiences of those involved in the conflicts that followed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Dakota Indians -- Wars -- 1862-1865 E011 Text Browsing: History - American Category: History - American Category: History - Warfare 388993 2025-06-20T18:26:56.164914 text/html 369811 2024-10-23T00:31:06 text/html 3492332 2025-06-20T18:27:08.468909 application/epub+zip 3498019 2025-06-20T18:26:59.778889 application/epub+zip 193351 2025-06-20T18:26:56.866891 application/epub+zip 3769049 2025-06-20T18:27:13.811849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3737285 2025-06-20T18:27:05.358837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263847 2022-09-23T17:33:28.821718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333367 2023-09-22T12:28:12.121441 text/plain 313355 2024-10-23T00:31:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15201 2025-06-20T18:27:13.965807 application/rdf+xml 8888 2025-06-20T18:26:56.979929 image/jpeg 1496 2025-06-20T18:26:56.923927 image/jpeg 4633393 2025-06-20T18:26:56.339916 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog