Infant daughter of Joshua Stewart, killed by a renegade band of Dakota at the family's cabin in the Springfield settlement. The family was unaware that the settlement was under attack when a Dakota Indian came to bargain with her father for the purchase of a small hog. Her mother, sitting in a chair, was holding her in her arms. As the Dakota showed her father some gold coins to be given in payment, he was suddenly shot by other Indians who were lying in wait. The Dakota then attacked the rest of the family, but her brother Johnnie survived when he was able to slip out of the house and escape.
The Springfield settlement had been attacked by the same outlaw band of Dakota that was responsible for the Spirit Lake massacre. This small renegade band, led by Inkpaduta, had separated from the main Dakota tribe in the 1830's.
Burial notes:
She is listed as one of "two children of Joshua Stewart" on the Jackson monument, but is not buried there. The Stewart family was buried near their cabin on March 30, 1857, by Captain Bernard Bee and his command. The exact location is now unknown.
It was one of the saddest moments of my life when I saw the Stewart family dead by their cold hearthstone...
-Captain Bee, in his report
Sources:
Rose, Arthur P. "An Illustrated History of Jackson County, Minnesota."
The Springfield settlement had been attacked by the same outlaw band of Dakota that was responsible for the Spirit Lake massacre. This small renegade band, led by Inkpaduta, had separated from the main Dakota tribe in the 1830's.
Burial notes:
She is listed as one of "two children of Joshua Stewart" on the Jackson monument, but is not buried there. The Stewart family was buried near their cabin on March 30, 1857, by Captain Bernard Bee and his command. The exact location is now unknown.
It was one of the saddest moments of my life when I saw the Stewart family dead by their cold hearthstone...
-Captain Bee, in his report
Sources:
Rose, Arthur P. "An Illustrated History of Jackson County, Minnesota."
Infant daughter of Joshua Stewart, killed by a renegade band of Dakota at the family's cabin in the Springfield settlement. The family was unaware that the settlement was under attack when a Dakota Indian came to bargain with her father for the purchase of a small hog. Her mother, sitting in a chair, was holding her in her arms. As the Dakota showed her father some gold coins to be given in payment, he was suddenly shot by other Indians who were lying in wait. The Dakota then attacked the rest of the family, but her brother Johnnie survived when he was able to slip out of the house and escape.
The Springfield settlement had been attacked by the same outlaw band of Dakota that was responsible for the Spirit Lake massacre. This small renegade band, led by Inkpaduta, had separated from the main Dakota tribe in the 1830's.
Burial notes:
She is listed as one of "two children of Joshua Stewart" on the Jackson monument, but is not buried there. The Stewart family was buried near their cabin on March 30, 1857, by Captain Bernard Bee and his command. The exact location is now unknown.
It was one of the saddest moments of my life when I saw the Stewart family dead by their cold hearthstone...
-Captain Bee, in his report
Sources:
Rose, Arthur P. "An Illustrated History of Jackson County, Minnesota."
The Springfield settlement had been attacked by the same outlaw band of Dakota that was responsible for the Spirit Lake massacre. This small renegade band, led by Inkpaduta, had separated from the main Dakota tribe in the 1830's.
Burial notes:
She is listed as one of "two children of Joshua Stewart" on the Jackson monument, but is not buried there. The Stewart family was buried near their cabin on March 30, 1857, by Captain Bernard Bee and his command. The exact location is now unknown.
It was one of the saddest moments of my life when I saw the Stewart family dead by their cold hearthstone...
-Captain Bee, in his report
Sources:
Rose, Arthur P. "An Illustrated History of Jackson County, Minnesota."
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