A 1861, mazaunan Mankato sun kafa Knights na Forest, tare da burin kawar da dukan Indiyawa daga Minnesota. Kamar yadda yanayi ya ta'azzara ga Dakota, tashin hankali ya tashi, wanda ya kai ga Dakota War na 1862. Sakamakon yakin makonni shida shi ne kisa na 38 Dakota da kuma gudun hijira na mafi yawan sauran Dakota zuwa Crow Creek Reservation a Dakota Territory. Har zuwa 800 fararen fata sun mutu a lokacin yakin. Gudun daji da noma sun kasance manyan abubuwan da suka shafi tattalin arzikin Minnesota.
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