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Kaposia
Jul 6, 2006 13:32:13 GMT -5
Post by bgwahinkpe on Jul 6, 2006 13:32:13 GMT -5
Does anyone have any information on this location. It is supposedly located near Fort Snelling. Was it a town or Reservation area or ? Please inform me of any information on this name asap. My grandma was from that area so I need some information on t hat area if it exists. Thanks
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Kaposia
Jul 6, 2006 14:48:22 GMT -5
Post by peacekeeper on Jul 6, 2006 14:48:22 GMT -5
Kaposia, or Little Crow’s village, was a seasonal Mdewakanton Dakota village along the Mississippi River in the St. Paul area. Kaposia, or KA-PO-ZA (Dakota), was established around 1750 by a group of Mdewakanton Dakota and a succession of chiefs each known as Little Crow.
The village was originally located on the east bank of the river where Central Avenue intersects with Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks, below present-day Indian Mounds Park.
During the early 1800s, over 400 Dakota made their home in the seasonal village. The people of Kaposia lived there mainly during the warmer months of the year.
Near the time of the Treaty of 1837, the Kaposia village was moved from the east to the west side of the river. In 1853 the people of Kaposia were again required to move because of the Treaty of Mendota, which opened the land west of the Mississippi to white settlers. As a result, the Mdewakanton migrated to a Minnesota River reservation over the next two years.
jackie
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Kaposia
Jul 6, 2006 16:36:01 GMT -5
Post by bgwahinkpe on Jul 6, 2006 16:36:01 GMT -5
Wow Thanks, is there any books or anything that contains the history?? Thanks
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Kaposia
Jul 6, 2006 18:23:27 GMT -5
Post by peacekeeper on Jul 6, 2006 18:23:27 GMT -5
probably. maybe a book about little crow. i just went through internet explorer and typed kaposia into it and that was the result. jackie
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Post by bgwahinkpe on Jul 8, 2006 2:30:13 GMT -5
I typed in Kaposia also and wow thre was alot of info regarding that area. Thank You!!
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Kaposia
Jul 10, 2006 10:37:23 GMT -5
Post by wazi on Jul 10, 2006 10:37:23 GMT -5
yes, Kaposia was the village of the Little Crow Band...So chances are if your grandma was born there she was related to Little Crow family.
wazi
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Kaposia
Jul 11, 2006 4:15:30 GMT -5
Post by bgwahinkpe on Jul 11, 2006 4:15:30 GMT -5
Is there any kind of census or annuity rolls for Kaposia?? Or was that era too early. Is there any kind of history of that area that would list the families that lived there?? Does anyone know?? Thanks!
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Kaposia
Jul 11, 2006 11:13:20 GMT -5
Post by peacekeeper on Jul 11, 2006 11:13:20 GMT -5
Kaposia, located on the Mississippi’s east bank near present day Dayton’s Bluff. Kaposia had a population of about 2,000 Mdewakanton Dakota in 1810. The children of the village played on the riverbank near the House of Spirits while adults gathered sugar maple sap in the spring and wild rice in the fall. In 1837, Kaposia’s chief Little Crow signed a treaty with the United States. The village then re-located to the river’s west bank. 25 years later, Little Crow played a major role in the “Great Sioux War,” which ended in December 1862 with the largest mass execution in U.S. history. 38 Dakota prisoners were hanged. Little Crow was shot and killed for a $75 bounty on July 3, 1863. The lake inside Carver’s Cave and the ancient petroglyphs, carved into its walls long before the Mdewa-kanton arrived, are now sealed behind railroad tracks, erosion, and double-doors. But these shirts open another approach to that historic gathering place. www.wchsmn.org/research/communities/grey_cloud_island/this is a group that went with medicine bottle in the 1830s and moved to grey cloud island. it includes 40 families. if i find more, i will post it jackie
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Kaposia
Jul 11, 2006 12:56:28 GMT -5
Post by bgwahinkpe on Jul 11, 2006 12:56:28 GMT -5
Thanks Peacekeeper!
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