JULY 24, 1863:
The
Battle of Big Mound, Dakota Territory (now North Dakota).
Sioux warriors call
for a parley with United States forces in the Dakota Territory. As the parley
begins, a Sioux brave, angered at what appears to be the impending surrender of
his people, kills the Union interpreter, sparking a battle between some 1,500
Sioux and 2,000 U.S. troops. After a small handful of men on both sides are
killed, the battle ends as the Sioux retreat. Total casualties are less than
20.
Mathias Johnson Minde is among the Union troops fighting the
Sioux on the western frontier. His name is variously spelled "Minde" and "Mindy" in the records, though his signature clearly has an "e."
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