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Fort Snelling, Minnesota
By Joyce Furstenau |
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1 In 1803, France sold a huge section of land to the United States. This transaction was called the Louisiana Purchase. The land included the area that is now western Minnesota. Two years later, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike was sent to the Louisiana Territory. His job was to negotiate a peace treaty with the natives. The United States wanted him to make a legal claim to the area where the Mississippi River and Minnesota rivers join. Pike signed a treaty with the Dakota tribe. He purchased one hundred thousand acres of land for $200 worth of presents and sixty gallons of whiskey. The treaty allowed the U.S. to also build military posts there. |
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