tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post6978087779024742420..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: The Sandy Lake tragedyRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-11550135697138117812013-07-17T21:23:33.408-07:002013-07-17T21:23:33.408-07:00Useful background and source material on the subje...Useful background and source material on the subject:<br /><br />http://www.chiefbuffalo.com/buffalo/Sandy_Lake_Tragedy.html<br /><br /><b>Sandy Lake Tragedy—or the Chippewa Trail of Tears</b><br /><br />Many history books continue to overlook the death and suffering of the Sandy Lake Tragedy of 1850. President Taylor’s administration and territorial officials wanted to move the Lake Superior Chippewa to lands to the west. Part of the scheme involved switching the annual treaty payments from Madeline Island in Wisconsin—spiritual gathering center of the Chippewa—to Sandy Lake in Minnesota. The trip required traveling by canoe and on foot for hundreds of miles. There were no supplies on hand when the Chippewa arrived in October. Agents finally made partial payments in December, but by then snow covered the ground and canoe routes were frozen. The officials responsible for the scheme hoped that worn-out tribal members wouldn’t make the trip home and would stay permanently. At Sandy Lake and on the trek home, more than 400 people died because of delayed and meager payments, tainted food, disease, inadequate housing and the cold weather.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-760161993613886152010-08-10T15:13:13.692-07:002010-08-10T15:13:13.692-07:00For more on the subject, see:
http://www.business...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://www.businessnorth.com/kuws.asp?RID=3538<br /><br /><b>Sandy Lake tragedy and ancestors remembered</b>Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com