Susan Freniere Brown

  • American

Susan Freniere Brown was a descendant of Dakota chief Tatanka Mani, the wife of Joseph R Brown and the mother of at leaste twelve children. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1862/08/19 In the morning, 27 people including Susan Brown, her 12 children, hired help and neighbors, flee on wagons toward Fort Ridgely. American Captive Joseph R Brown House Ruins Sacred Heart, MN Dakota War of 1862
1862/08/19 Six miles from the Brown House, the Brown group is stopped by a Dakota war party. Susan Brown stands on a wagon and defends the group by threatening the Indians with the vengeance of her Sisseton Sioux relatives. The Dakota allow the men to escape. American Captive Dakota War of 1862
1862/08/19 A Dakota war party takes Susan Brown and the other women and children in her group to Little Crow's camp where they are held captive. Marker is north of Spicer on 140th Ave NE, 0.5 mile west of State Hwy 23. American Captive Kandiyohi County Dakota War of 1862
1862/09/26 War prisoners, Susan Brown, the other women and children group, are freed at "Camp Release" west of Montevideo. American Captive Camp Release State Monument Montevideo Dakota War of 1862
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