Comments on: Historic Marker: New Sweden Indian Attack

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:18:56 +0000

Both sides were wronged many times during that time period. Two wrongs don’t make a right?

My understanding is that a lot of the violence against the natives were done by authorities, i.e. by soldiers. The small farm communities were probably busy with building their lives rather than going to war with local natives.

By the way, some interesting Swedish history can be found at the blog: http://www.go-to-sweden.com especially about the first Swedish king, Gustav I, a.k.a Gustav Vasa..

By: John Hall

John Hall — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:05:18 +0000

Steve Keith and Andrew,

Interesting comments. Where can I find more information on the attack on the Jonsson homestead?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:34:18 +0000

Thank-you Steve Keith
These are my direct family members. Thanks for informing the fools

By: Steve Keith

Steve Keith — Sun, 08 May 2011 18:54:01 +0000

to David Murray:

You don’t know your history.

The Jonsson family is one small footnote in the devastation wrought on the mostly unarmed and innocent settlers during the “Dakota Uprising of 1862″. Over 500 civilians were killed by Dakota “warriors”. Mutilation and rape were common. (The Jonsson teenage daughter, Inga, was raped and left for dead but she survived to tell her story.) Who screwed who?

More than 50 of the “good white Christians who screwed the Dakota” were under six years of age when brutally murdered.

Numerous settler families lost ten and twelve members to the “noble Dakota warriors” on August 18th & 19th, 1862.

Yes, this was genocide. Genocide by the Dakota.

Study your history before spewing the politically correct propaganda that passes today for history.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:12:11 +0000

Depredations committed by the Indians? You don’t know your history. The depredations were committed by the white settlers who screwed the Dakota out of their homeland and were depriving them of food, the food that was owed them from the treaty at Travese Des Sioux. The good white Christians were starving them into submission. This was an act of genocide. This historical marker is not only historically incorrect it is yet another attempt by the guilty white society to tell only one side of the story.