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Secret hate group bent on banishing Ho-Chunk Indians in 1863

Thanks to a 149-year-old "tin box" time capsule and a 10-month-old master's thesis, we now know about a short-lived, secret society in Mankato that was bent on banishing a peaceful tribe of American Indians in 1863.

Made up of Mankato civic leaders, the "Knights of the Forest" pledged "to use every exertion and influence" to remove the Ho-Chunk people — also known as Winnebagos — from 200,000 acres along the Blue Earth River. Never mind that the Ho-Chunk stayed out of the U.S.-Dakota War in 1862. There were profits to be amassed from their prime reservation land south of Mankato.

http://www.startribune.com/secret-hate-group-bent-on-banishing-ho-chunk-indians-in-1863/475744423/

 

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