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Did you know... that the Battle of Sugar Point was the last major battle fought between Native Americans and the United States Army?

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Often referred to as "the last Indian Uprising in the United States", the engagement is also the first battle to be fought in the Northwest United States since the Winnebago War in 1827."

The latter part is certainly incorrect. Little Crow's War and the Black Hawk War were both fought in this area.70.233.143.30 (talk) 18:12, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and changed the reference so that it refers to the Black Hawk War. I don't believe that any battles of the Dakota Uprising of 1862 (Little Crow's War) were fought in the part of Minnesota that belonged to the Northwest Territory (i.e. east of the Mississippi River). If I am wrong, however, I hope someone will further correct the article. Jrt989 (talk) 15:35, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I have a question about this passage: "Often referred to as 'the last Indian Uprising in the United States', the engagement is also the first battle to be fought in the Northwest United States since the Winnebago War in 1827."

This battle took place in Minnesota. The Winnebago War took place in Wisconsin. I don't see how either of those locations can be described as "the Northwest United States." If you click the link for "the Northwest United States" you see a map which does not extend anywhere close to either Minnesota or Wisconsin.

It is an ironic fact of history that Wisconsin and part of Minnesota WERE both once part of "the Northwest Territory," early in US history when they WERE in the far northwest part of the country (before the Louisiana Purchase and many subsequent expansions of US territory), but they're not part of the Northwest United States NOW, nor were they in 1898 when this battle was fought.

I'm not going to edit this because I'm not absolutely sure I'm right, and even if I am, the authors may have had something in mind that I'd be messing up (maybe they MEANT "original Northwest Territory" and just didn't word it right). But it needs fixing.

71.91.124.229 (talk) 03:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Casualty figures way off[edit]

All reports alternative to the one provided do not list 278 killed in the battle, much rather most point to around 7 killed. This should be researched further and corrected https://www.minnesotagoodage.com/voices/mn-history/2017/09/the-battle-of-sugar-point/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.91.13.135 (talk) 22:50, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]