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Sioux Uprising
In 1862, the Minnesota Sioux almost starved, due to the corruption and incompetence of the Indian agents. The Sioux, under the leadership of Little Crow, launched an uprising. Hundreds of settlers were killed. The Union army soon put down the uprising, and hung thirty eight Sioux.