0h 35min, apr 27, 1863 y - Dakota Banished from Minnesota
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After the deadly winter of 1862, more than 260 Dakota men guilty of the previous fall are brought to a compound in Davenport, Iowa, where they spend three years before being exiled. The Dakota at Fort Snelling are sent by steamboat down the Mississippi and up the Missouri Rivers to new reservations including Crow Creek in Dakota Territory, a dry, poor vegetation place that was unsuitable for farming.Added to timeline:
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0h 35min, apr 27, 1863 y
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~ 162 years ago