Historical Markers and War Memorials in Montevideo
Montevideo, Minnesota and Vicinity
▶ Lac qui Parle County(6) ▶ Big Stone County(7) ▶ Chippewa County(1) ▶ Swift County(1) ▶ Yellow Medicine County(17) ▶ Deuel County, South Dakota(3) ▶ Grant County, South Dakota(1)
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Near 445th Avenue south of U.S. 212, on the right when traveling south.
On September 26, 1862, 91 whites and about 150 mixed-blood captives, some of whom had been prisoners of the Dakota Indians for more than a month, were returned to Colonel Henry H. Sibley's military camp, later joyfully known as Camp Release. In the . . . — — Map (db m69118) HM
Near 445th Avenue south of U.S. 212, on the right when traveling south.
On September 26, 1862, the 270 men, women and children taken captive by the Dakota during the war were released to military commander Henry H. Sibley at this site, known from that time on as Camp Release.
Years later at the . . . — — Map (db m71384) HM
Near 445th Avenue south of U.S. 212, on the right when traveling south.
Experience showed Dakota Chief Maza sa (Red Iron) that it did little good to stand in the way of the U.S. government. He had opposed the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux but, in the end, had little choice when he and other Dakota . . . — — Map (db m71425) HM
Near 445th Avenue south of U.S. 212, on the right when traveling south.
Just two days after the captives were turned over, the brief military trials of the Dakota who had taken part in the fighting began here at Camp Release on September 28, 1862. The trials moved to the Redwood (Lower Sioux) Agency on . . . — — Map (db m71437) HM
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