November 11, 1865 - Little Six (Sakpedan) was the grandson of Shakopee, who, in 1819, was among the chiefs who sold the land that would become Fort Snelling. Little Six's father was also named Shakopee, and he was a leader of the Mdewakanton band of Dakota, who lived near present-day Shakopee, Minn.
Medicine Bottle was the nephew of Chief Medicine Bottle. Both Little Six and Medicine Bottle fled to Canada after the Sioux Uprising of 1862, where Major Edwin Hatch drugged and kidnapped them in January of 1864. They were both brought back to Fort Snelling, where they were tried, convicted of war crimes, and hung at on this date.
“A local newspaper reported that as they climbed the scaffold, a steam train whistle blew in the distance, prompting Little Six to say, ‘As the white man comes in, the Indian goes out.’”^
http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc165.html
^http://www.historicfortsnelling.org/history/us-dakota-war
Medicine Bottle was the nephew of Chief Medicine Bottle. Both Little Six and Medicine Bottle fled to Canada after the Sioux Uprising of 1862, where Major Edwin Hatch drugged and kidnapped them in January of 1864. They were both brought back to Fort Snelling, where they were tried, convicted of war crimes, and hung at on this date.
“A local newspaper reported that as they climbed the scaffold, a steam train whistle blew in the distance, prompting Little Six to say, ‘As the white man comes in, the Indian goes out.’”^
http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc165.html
^http://www.historicfortsnelling.org/history/us-dakota-war
Little Six, left, and Medicine Bottle, right
http://www.usdakotawar.org/sites/default/files/media-room/Little%20Six%20and%20Medicine%20Bottle.jpg
Plaque from Minnesota History Center Civil War Exhibit; March 2–Sept. 8, 2013
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