Mdewakanton Dakota warrior who fought in the US-Dakota War of 1862. His Dakota name mean "Near the Wood". Alternate spellings of his name are Cankahda and Chan-ka-hda.
Sources:
Isch, John. The Dakota Trials, Including the Complete Transcripts and Explanatory Notes on the Military Commission Trials in Minnesota, 1862 - 1864, p. 371-372.
Whiting and Ruggles Report, Case No. 359. "Is proven to have been one of the party, and present when Patville was killed, and to have saved Mary Anderson (who had been wounded) from being killed, and to have taken her prisoner."
Sources:
Isch, John. The Dakota Trials, Including the Complete Transcripts and Explanatory Notes on the Military Commission Trials in Minnesota, 1862 - 1864, p. 371-372.
Whiting and Ruggles Report, Case No. 359. "Is proven to have been one of the party, and present when Patville was killed, and to have saved Mary Anderson (who had been wounded) from being killed, and to have taken her prisoner."
Mdewakanton Dakota warrior who fought in the US-Dakota War of 1862. His Dakota name mean "Near the Wood". Alternate spellings of his name are Cankahda and Chan-ka-hda.
Sources:
Isch, John. The Dakota Trials, Including the Complete Transcripts and Explanatory Notes on the Military Commission Trials in Minnesota, 1862 - 1864, p. 371-372.
Whiting and Ruggles Report, Case No. 359. "Is proven to have been one of the party, and present when Patville was killed, and to have saved Mary Anderson (who had been wounded) from being killed, and to have taken her prisoner."
Sources:
Isch, John. The Dakota Trials, Including the Complete Transcripts and Explanatory Notes on the Military Commission Trials in Minnesota, 1862 - 1864, p. 371-372.
Whiting and Ruggles Report, Case No. 359. "Is proven to have been one of the party, and present when Patville was killed, and to have saved Mary Anderson (who had been wounded) from being killed, and to have taken her prisoner."
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