After four young Dakota men, searching for food, shot a family of white settlers near Acton, the Dakota leadership decided to continue the attacks in an effort to drive out the settlers.
食料を探していた4人の若いダコタ族がアクトンの近くで白人開拓者の一家を撃った後で、ダコタ族の指導者は開拓者達を追い出すために攻撃の継続を決めた。