August 20, 1914 – A monument to Chief
Mou-zoo-mau-nee, leader of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, was dedicated on this
date at Fort Ridgely Cemetery in Nicollet County near Fairfax, Minn. The chief helped
protect settlers at Fort Ripley during the Sioux uprising of 1862.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41925277
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=41925277&PIpi=21459651
Inscription:
“Erected by the State of Minnesota in recognition of and to commemorate the loyal and efficient services rendered to the state by Chief Mou-zoo-mau-nee and the Chippewa Indians during the Sioux outbreak and the Civil War.”
“Erected by the State of Minnesota in recognition of and to commemorate the loyal and efficient services rendered to the state by Chief Mou-zoo-mau-nee and the Chippewa Indians during the Sioux outbreak and the Civil War.”
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