When a federal marshal with about 100 troops of the 3rd Infantry tried to arrest the Chippewa Chief Bugonaygeshig at Sugar Point opposite here on the northeast shore of the lake, a sharp fight occurred October 5, 1898. The whites lost 7 killed and . . . — — Map (db m124726) HM
Story adopted from "On This Day In History: The Battle of Sugar Point" by Kayla Duoos, Leech Lake News, Oct. 5, 2020 On the early Wednesday morning of October 5th, 1898, a handful of young Pillager Ojibwe men held off . . . — — Map (db m266796) HM